Living in Paradise, 2020

Terrece Beesley  

Terrece Beesley is an artist who uses watercolors to show us the ordinary and extraordinary things in life in a new light.The objects in her paintings speak volumes about our culture. The still life paintings are messy tabletops where fruit, flowers, and crystal coexist with comic strips, postcards, and popsicles. 

Beesley's paintings reveal very few flat washes. She prefers to mix colors on the paper and use spontaneous brushstrokes to give her paintings rhythm and energy, often using the entire side of her brush to push color across the paper. These brushstrokes add a loose quality to what would otherwise be extremely realistic paintings.

Education:

BFA is studio painting and textile design, Utah State University
Further studies with Harold Petersen, John Salminen, Lian Quan Zhen, Barbara Necchis, Frank Webb

Awards & Distinctions:

Award of Excellence, Utah Watercolor Society Fall Exhibition - 2017
Merchant's Award, Small Works Exhibit, Utah Watercolor Society - 2016
Best of Show - Utah Watercolor Society Spring Open Exhibition, May 2012
Award of Excellence - Utah Watercolor Society Fall Exhibition, Oct.2011
Award of Merit - Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art - 2006
Featured in Splash Nine: Tips and Techniques by North Light Books

Exhibitions:

Exhibitions
Truth and Consequences Exhibit, Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT - 2018
Fat Phobia group show, Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT - 2016
Utah Women Artists Show, Salt Lake City, UT - 2016
Strong Women group show, Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT - 2014
Eccles Art Center - Carriage House Exhibition - April 2012
Legacy Gallery, Hot Springs, Arkansas - 2011
Rio Grande Cafe, December 2011
Art at the Main, Featured Artist, May 2010
Gallery at Union Station, Ogden UT, Jan. 2010
Lorna Wattis Swanson Gallery, Ogden Valley Library, July 2009
Eccles Art Center - Carriage House Exhibition, Feb. 2009
Art at the Main, Featured Artist, Oct. 2007
Rio Grande Cafe, March 2007
Eccles Art Center - Carriage House Exhibition - 2004

Juried Exhibitions
Utah Watercolor Society Spring Open Exhibition, May 2012
Utah Watercolor Society Fall Exhibition, Oct.2011
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Show, May 2011
Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, May 2010
Utah Watercolor Society Spring Open Exhibition, May 2010
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Show, May 2010
Utah Watercolor Society 2009 Spring Open Exhibition, May 2009
The Rhythm of Color, Agora Gallery, NYC, Feb. 2009
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Show, San Diego, May 2009
Utah Women Artists Show, Jan. 2007
Cedar City Annual National Art Exhibition - 2006
Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art - 2006
March Invitational, The Gallery at Union Station - 2006
Art Source Gallery Annual Exhibit, Boise, Idaho - 2005
Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art - 2002, 2004
"World of the Wild" Hogle Zoo, SLC, UT - 2002, 2004
USVC Open, Woodbury Art Museum - 2004
Freedom Festival Exhibit, Provo, UT - 2002
Utah Women Artists Show, Springville Art Museum - 2001
 

Professional/Teaching Experience:

Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Artist in Residence program. 
Weber State University, outreach program for elementary schools.
Eccles Community Art Center, Watercolor instructor.
OWATC graphic design instructor.