Teri Coté is an artist of several mediums, from music to painting and many facets in between. She has been a visual artist since the age of three, when she remembers being in her mother’s art room. Both of her parents were and are great painters. Teri has shown her work at the Photo Creations art gallery in Medford, Oregon, and her work has been shown in Winchester at Rubini Art.
My creative brain has led me down many paths. As a child, I designed and sewed doll clothes. As an adult, I designed and sewed Halloween costumes, draperies, runway costumes, and faux painted people’s homes. My poems and illustrations contributed to three anthologies. My watercolor cards and prints are sold in conferences and stores. Locally, you can find them at Book Ends.
I'm inspired by naturally expressive drawing filled with pure color. My goal is to imbue the paintings with a sense of joy, surprises, and playfulness. I'm usually not making a statement or reaching for anything very intense. I'm simply saying, "This is a wonderful, amazing planet and I'd like to share how I see it."
Most of the work is painted with oil, a few with acrylic and watercolor and they're painted from life and/or imagination.
