Theresa Kehrer
Artist Statement:
I am trained as a geologist and as a fine arts artist. Both of these disciplines instilled a love of the outdoors. Growing up in a family with scientists, I was fascinated by the scientific illustrations in their books and was inspired to learn highly technical skills in drawing. My science background influences much of the work I do today, desiring not to just depict a subject but to narrate it’s story.
I create works on paper, graphite and charcoal drawings, white line woodcut prints and watercolor paintings. I’m comfortable working in more than one genre, and while they seem to be a departure from one act to another, good drawing skills unite them all. Nature is the common thread in my work, as are themes of beauty, joy or whimsy. I'm captivated by subjects as large as a rocky coast or small as the way a leaf curls when it falls to the ground. I thrill to the challenge of a complex subject and this is reflected in my current work.
I create works on paper, graphite and charcoal drawings, white line woodcut prints and watercolor paintings. I’m comfortable working in more than one genre, and while they seem to be a departure from one act to another, good drawing skills unite them all. Nature is the common thread in my work, as are themes of beauty, joy or whimsy. I'm captivated by subjects as large as a rocky coast or small as the way a leaf curls when it falls to the ground. I thrill to the challenge of a complex subject and this is reflected in my current work.
Selected Exhibitions:
2024_SAGA 89th Annual Members Exhibition-Governors Island NYC
2024_SAGA 3rd Annual Mini Gems Exhibition-SAGA Gallery NYC
2024_Rehoboth Art League-11th Regional Juried Biennial Exhibition-2 entries accepted
2024_International Society of Experimental Artists-Innovations 2024, 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition
2024_Salmagundi Club NY 46th Annual Open Painting, Sculpture and Graphics Juried Exhibition
2024_Art Fest, Camp Rehoboth_Annual Juried Show
2024_Rehoboth Art League 9th Annual Regional Juried Photography Exhibition
2023_Hudson Valley Art Association, 90th Annual National Juried Exhibition
2023_Art Fest, Camp Rehoboth_Annual Juried show
2024, 2022, 2021 Lewes Artists Studio Tour
2022_84th Annual Members Fine Art Exhibition_Rehoboth Art League
2020_Rehoboth Art League 9th Regional Juried Biennial Exhibition-2 prints accepted
2003_Lynden Gallery Elizabethtown PA_October 2003 "Earth Art" with Brad Strohman
2002_Lancaster Galleries_Group Ceramics exhibit May 2002
2002-2003_Women's Expressions_2002-2003 National Invitational Juried Show
2003-2005_Art Walk Lancaster
2001_Group Artists Exhibition (3)_Lancaster County Art Association, September 2001
1998-2002_Lancaster Museum of Art
1998-2002_Open Exhibitions_Lancaster County Art Association (LCAA)
2002_Habitat For Humanity Fundraiser for Lancaster Country Day School
2000_Solo Exhibition Lancaster PA, June 2000 "A Celebration of Art"
Awards & Honors:
2016_Crochet Guild of America (CGOA) International Design competition, Thread category, Second place
2014_CGOA International Design Competition, second place
2011_Editor's Choice CROCHET magazine
2001_LCAA Spring Membership, Honorable Mention, Watercolor
1998_LCAA Winter Membership, Honorable Mention, Photography
1998_LCAA Spring Membership, Honorable Mention, Watercolor
1998_LCAA Garden Show, Second Place, Watercolor
1998_LCAA "Lancaster County Impressions", Second Place, Drawing (graphite)
1998_LCAA Fall Membership, First Place, Watercolor
1997_LCAA Fall Membership, Honorable Mention, Drawing (Charcoal)
1997_LCAA Garden Show, Third Place, Drawing (Graphite)
1996_Lancaster County Art Association (LCAA) Second Place, Photography
1996_LCAA Third Place Spring Membership Show, Drawing (Charcoal)
Selected Published designs:
2011_CROCHET! Magazine Fall, “Floral Fantasy Shawl” Cover
2011_“Turning Leaves Scarf” Crochet magazine Fall
2015_Crochet Magazine Presents "From Scraps to sensational" Fall
2011_Caron “Cosmos Baby Blanket” Crochet Magazine presents "Fall 2011, Best Ever Afghans"
2012_"Cottage Garden Handbag" Crochet Magazine Summer 2012
2011_CROCHET! Collection 2002-2011 Cover
2017_Garden Walk Shawl, Ravelry.com
Education:
University of Delaware B.A. Geology
Millersville University BFA program, Robert Andriulli (painting), John Markowitz (design), Robert A. Nelson, Gordon R. Wise (drawing and illustration)
Watercolor workshops, Ann DeLaurentis Lancaster PA
Sundance Art Studios 1995-2002. Studied with Linda Tay'nah'za (monotype printmaking), Dennis Zupan (ceramics), Liberty Blake, Jann Haworth (illustration and design)
LCAA Monotype printmaking, Linda Taynahza 2001-2002
Delaware Contemporary (DCCA) Monotype printmaking Mitch Lyons
CGOA Textile and design workshops 2009-2016. Studied with Lily Chin, Doris Chan, Susan Lowman
CGOA Textile and design workshops 2009-2016. Studied with Lily Chin, Doris Chan, Susan Lowman
Professional Juried memberships:
2024_(IGOR) International Guild of Realism
2024_(SAGA) Society of American Graphic Artists
2021-2024 Lewes Artists Studio Tour
Hobbies:
Classically trained singer, Lyric soprano. Sang with the Lancaster Symphony Chorus (Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Carmina Burana, Rutter Requiem, An evening with Cole Porter), Many church solos, Wilmington Symphony (An Evening With Cole Porter), and at Carnegie Hall with the Manhattan Philharmonic Orchestra (Carmina Burana), Jo Ann Faletta Conductor.
Classically trained singer, Lyric soprano. Sang with the Lancaster Symphony Chorus (Beethoven's 9th Symphony, Carmina Burana, Rutter Requiem, An evening with Cole Porter), Many church solos, Wilmington Symphony (An Evening With Cole Porter), and at Carnegie Hall with the Manhattan Philharmonic Orchestra (Carmina Burana), Jo Ann Faletta Conductor.
