Verdad

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Verdad

Watercolor on

Arches 300 lb cold press

11 x 7.5

$125. Unframed

Teresa Beyer

Verdad

Somewhere the soul must stand naked to the Truth

If the artist suppressed all spiritual emotion, he would never be a great artist. In art, we call this emotion temperament; in oratory, we call it inspiration; and in purely spiritual things, we call it Illumination. Somewhere the soul must stand naked to the Truth, if it is to receive It in all Its fullness. There must be an outlet as well as an inlet, if there is to be a continual flow. “Quench not the Spirit,” but let the intellect decide to what the emotions are to respond. This is the secret of a well-balanced life.

            “Prove all things, hold fast to that which is good.” We are not to be afraid of strange ideas or doctrines, but are to prove them and accept only that which is true. We are to analyze, dissect and investigate until we know the Truth and then hold fast to It. In this way, all advance must come, whether in science, philosophy, religion or anything else. Science of Mind 497.5 - 498.5 Earnest Holmes

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Truth

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Truth

7.5 x 11.5

Watercolor/mixed media

300 lb Arches cold press

Teresa Beyer

Truth

The truth shall set us free. No longer having to remember secrets or lies, keeping the story straight.

Lets go further and investigate the truth on a deeper spiritual level.

“Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

(Romans 12:2)

Could this mean a conscious thought that pours truth into the channels of creative energy, renewing the body and healing the mind. Releasing old ideas and concepts of disease and failure. Replacing them with liberty, freedom, health, harmony and success. Knowing the body heals as the inner mind transforms. False images are renewed by images of the truth.

Is it the ego sitting on our shoulder feeding us lies of not being good enough? That keeps us sheltered in a false sense of fear. Be afraid very afraid.

Afraid of living a life of love, seeing light and love in everyone and everything? How can that be scary? Living the life you have always dreamed of? How can this be the truth for those who live surrounded by war, famine and disease?

We see this truth in the remarkable film starring Roberto Benigni who accomplishes the impossible in this World War II comedy ~ Life is Beautiful. Ahaunting comedy is shaped out of the tragedy of the Holocaust. A Jewish man with a wonderful romantic sense of humor uses this same truth to protect his son in a Nazi death camp.

And so you see our minds are very powerful ~ capable of creating a reality of our choosing. Does that also mean we are creating a false sense of reality?

Oh dear God

~ lets just say ~

to thine own self be true.

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Winter . . . Fog

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Winter ~ Fog

Watercolor

7.25 x 10.25

Teresa Beyer

$125. S&H

Winter . . . Fog

The Fog, also known along the coast as a marine layer has been rolling in regularly these past few weeks. Thick and heavy allowing only a limited visibility.

At times many of us experience fog. A fog so heavy we loose sight of our goals, our dreams. Once the fog lifts the sun is there shinning bright, we can now, once again see our dreams clearly.

We attract what we expect, don't submit to the fog. If we do not submit, the fog will no longer be an obstacle but a stepping-stone.

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"The symposium text notes that public opinion is now driven by art news reportage, while “long form arts coverage itself is being reduced to ‘editor’s picks’, coded rating systems, and short summary reviews, with little space in which to substantiate their claims.” " - Whitney Kimball

Fire Storm

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Fire Storm

Mixed Media

7.25 x 10.25

$125.

Teresa Beyer

Fire Storm

Winds fan the fires

Creating in her ~ an intense desire

A woman scorned

She is spreading her fury

Slowly in no hurry

The War Path

A path to hell

Loneliness she knows all to well

Fire Storm ~ the wind whispered

The key is in your heart

Life has given you a new start

Embrace the day

And be on your way

Entries

The Calavera Mask and The Scream 

were both entered into a show at the BuenaVentura Art Association.

Waiting to hear if they are both accepted.

Light & Dark

Light and Dark

Mixed media

10 x 7.5”

Teresa Beyer

Light & Dark

So much of today is bathed in the light as the darkness of yesterday is slowly shed.

Challenged by life,

Supported by love.

Masquerade

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Masquerade

Watercolor on 300 lb Arches Paper

10.25 x 7.5

Teresa Beyer

My divorce was final on 07/27/12.

It is a bittersweet feeling ~ an end to a very passionate ~ Love/Hate relationship. In the end we were nothing more than tolerant of each other.

I am free to move forward untethered and alive, a free woman living somewhere in Ventura County of California.

I have written some lyrics on the mask painting from the artist Madonna’s song “Take a Bow.” Below in bold is what I chose to write.

Take a bow, the night is over
This masquerade is getting older
Light are low, the curtains down
There's no one here
There's no one here, there's no one in the crowd
Say your lines but do you feel them
Do you mean what you say when there's no one around no one around
Watching you, watching me, one lonely star
One lonely star you don't know who you are

[Chorus:]

I've always been in love with you
I've always been in love with you
Guess you've always known
You took my love for granted,

why oh why
The show is over, say good-bye
Say good-bye bye bye, say good-bye

Make them laugh, it comes so easy
When you get to the part
Where you're breaking my heart breaking my heart
Hide behind your smile, all the world loves a clown
Just make 'em smile the whole world loves a clown
Wish you well, I cannot stay
You deserve an award for the role that you played role that you played
No more masquerade, you're one lonely star

One lonely star and you don't know who you are

[Chorus:]

Say good-bye bye bye, say good-bye

All the world is a stage
And everyone has their part has their part
But how was I to know which way the story'd go

How was I to know you'd break
[You'd break, you'd break, you'd break]
You'd break my heart

I've always been in love with you
[I've always been in love with you]
Guess you've always known
You took my love for granted, why oh why
The show is over, say good-bye

[Chorus:]

Say good-bye [bye bye], say good-bye
Say good-bye

White Flower

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White Flower

11 x 15

Watercolor

Teresa Beyer

For me there is no escaping the lush sensuality of a flower. What else can I do? I have not other choice that to paint and translate this beautiful image.

As I plan my move the studio is the last to be packed ~ the first to be unpacked.

Preparing for my first ever garage sale ~ parting with much heavy baggage, starting new ~ fresh and light.

California here I come, right back where I started from ~ ~ ~

No Evil

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No Evil

7.5 x 11

Mixed Media

Teresa Beyer

Composed and Tranquel

            She ~             Hears no evil

                        Speaks no evil

                        Sees no evil

Everywhere she is

            Everywhere she goes

                        She sees the God in all

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Freedom Mask

Freedom Mask

Watercolor on 300 lb paper

Mixed Media

$65.

Motivated and inspired by Celebration of Independence day here in the U.S. was my approach for this piece.

Freedom from Yesterday,

Perfect Day

Happiness are mine and yours

All is well

And unfolding as it should

Doesn’t it feel

Good to know!

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Teresa

Celebration Mask

Celebration Mask

7 x 7

$65.

Celebrating my growing and regaining sense of appreciation and awe.  This sense of child like wonder, which was lost for a while, is now returning.

Enjoying

Sunsets

Laughter

city streets

country roads

enjoying life’s simple pleasures and

simply glorious treasures.

Appreciating familiar paintings I know so well ~ while exploring artistic expression and technique with different mediums, moods, colors and words ~ I so want to explore and learn, the artist. The Artist within celebrates.

Having weathered a crisis I am now celebrating and finding

A stronger

different

more evolved me

I am changing and growing into

a happier

healthier

And independent me

Freedom

To sort

Clean

Dis~card

Acquire

Move

Bringing order into my world again,

Creating my world and who and what I choose to surround myself with.

My World is Good.

The World is God.

Celebrate Joy

With me

Teresa Beyer

Merium

Merium

Watercolor

8 x 8

Skin so soft and clear

Glowing from afar or near

Merium

Delirium

She must be using NeriumAD

A weak introduction to an incredible accidental discovery.

A revolutionary new anti aging night cream ~ NeriumAD

I’m going through some major changes ~ yes again.

Painting ~ Drawing and expressing with a new found freedom, this work is not being recorded nor exhibited.

Single again and finding my way home to friends and family in Ventura CA.

My website will come down soon ~ in the next week or so. I’m hoping to have it up and running again this fall.

You may follow me on my blog or Facebook ~ growing pains we all have them, they let us know we are alive.

giving YOU up

Giving YOU up ~

I feel freedom ~ a bell
that rings within me

no more waiting for 
YOU to come home
only to leave again
no more waiting for
phone calls
that never come.

Ahhh creative energy is no longer wasted
in unframed paintings
and letters never mailed.

and then

I slept peacefully the night through
my home now is my sanctuary.

everyday I have some more happiness.
some more life.

and all it took was giving YOU up.

and that took quite a bit.

Nuestra Senora

Nuestra Senora

11 x 15

Watercolor

$125.

Teresa Beyer

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A couple of weeks ago I decided to go for a bike ride along the RiverWalk. Well that section was closed and I was rerouted on to the streets. Yuck I haven’t really ridden with traffic in years. It turned out to be such a great experience I loved it. So I’m riding around and have no idea where I am and I find this great Mission.

I have a huge fondness for the Missions so this was like a treasure. I locked up my bike and went exploring, not knowing what to expect on my ride I had my phone, camera, skectchbook and water in my backpack.

The Mission was originally built in 1716 and served the Ainais tribe. In 1730 it moved to Austin and then to San Antonio in 1731. The church building was completed in 1755 and is the oldest unrestored stone church with the walls being 45inches thick in the United States.

The Mission was such a pleasure to explore. And now I have to head back to my car on my bike and have no idea where I am and how to get to my car. Thank goodness I had my phone and my GPS. Put my ear piece in and I was on my way.

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Teresa

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Bewitching Calavera

4.27.12

Bewitching Calavera

Watercolor

11 x 7.5

Teresa Beyer

$75. Unframed

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The word calavera is Spanish for “skull,” and can refer to the cultural Mexican celebration Day of the Dead and the Roman Catholic holiday All Souls Day. And in a just a little over a week we will be celebrating Cinco de Mayo.

Just a little reminder that on May 4^th ~ First Friday you will find me at La Villita with DebraBenditz. I will be there from 3:00 to 9:00 p.m. It would really be great to see you out there.

Some Calaveras are made of sugar and used to adorn altars and my be eaten. And then there are the liter arias Calaveras that write poems for the Day of the Dead that humorously criticize the living. And then of curse any artistic representation of the skull is referred to as a calavera.

I on the other hand while painting this piece kept thinking and singing the song “Witchy Woman” written by Don Henley and recorded with the Eagles. Let me refresh your memory of a few of the lyrics.

“Raven hair and ruby lips

Sparks fly from her fingertips

Echoed voices in the night

She’s a restless spirit on an endless flight.

Woo hoo Witchy Woman

See how high she flies

Woo hoo Witchy Woman

She got the moon in her eyes

She held me spellbound in the night

Dancing shadow and firelight

Crazy laughter in another room

And she drove herself to madness with a silver spoon”

By Don Henley and the Eagles

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Teresa

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Dead can Dance

4.24.12

Dead can Dance

Watercolor

7.5 x 11

$65.

Teresa Beyer

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How promising to know we will be Dancing in the here after.

I’m excited to share I will be participating in the First Friday Art Walk this May 4^th. I will be in a new venue for me here in San Antonio, TX at La Villita Historic Art Village. Debra Benditz has invited me to join her in her gallery.

I’m very happy and excited to be participating at this very special location, as you may know San Antonio is in the midst of celebrating a nine day city wide event known as La Fiesta ending this weekend. While I did not participate as an artist I did enjoy as a spectator. Taking in music, dance and many arts. This has inspired me to do paintings in celebration of Cinco de Mayo. Doing Calavera’s, dancers, and this little piece which actually would fit more appropriately with the Latin Celebration ~ Day of the Dead.

I hope to see those of you who can make it to La Villita First Friday.

Keeping the brushes wet,

Teresa

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Well Worn Mask

4.22.12

Well Worn Mask

7.5 x 7.5

Watercolor

$65.

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While wearing her only mask like a glove She listened intently to “Bills Story.” She then decided to remove the well-worn mask and to make herself vulnerable.

“It was only a matter of being willing to believe in a Power greater than herself. Nothing more was required to once again make a new beginning.”

On April 22, 2012 she had 17 years of soDRYity. She had not graduated nor outgrown the program. Humbled and broken she began a new. Living one day at a time. Surrounded by hosannas and filled with a deep gratitude.

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Teresa

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Ice Princess

4.19.12

Ice Princess

7 x 7

Watercolor

$65.

Teresa Beyer

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            A young and beautiful woman whose life experiences have been of cruelty. She now finds herself as a young woman of power.

            Calculating cunning and shrewd, she is perceptive while silently watching and scrutinizing all who surround her and beyond.

            Finding her way in life by remaining aloof, distant, and trusting no one.

            She aches from the self imposed prison and loneliness.

            One day she will learn ~ that there are only two true feelings. Love and Fear. When she learns this she will then have to decide which one she wants to live.

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Teresa

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The Scream

4.17.12

The Scream

7.5 x 7.5

Watercolor

$65.

Teresa Beyer

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I can feel my heart SCREAM as the joy slips away. Promises unfulfilled uprooted into a new state and a new city. No family no friends. Desperately seeking fulfillment outside of myself. Hopes and dreams were slipping away as sadness and grief overcame me.

NO ~ NO ~ NO . . . I don’t want this, I didn’t move here for this. “Ahhh another opportunity for growth.” “God does not give us more than we can handle.” Sayings! Just what are they meant to do? Bring me comfort! WELL THEY DON’T!!! I hurt, I’m scared and I’m all alone.

I’m screaming from deep within my soul, a primal yell ~ I just want and need a friend. I need a friend who will sit and listen. Listen to what is causing me my grief and heartache. Can you be a friend ~ a heart with ears. I need a good Heart Hug. For seven months I attended the same church attended book studies and tried to make friends. People knew ~ they knew I was hurting and they left me alone.

Finally I returned to my program of recovery ~ and there I have found my tribe once again. The women reached out, called me and listened. Invited me to join them on their outings. The women with much love helped me find my center, my God center. This is much more than a recovery program it is a way of life. A life that I thought and believed I had outgrown. I may not have drunk but my disease was full blown. Thank God for this program of recovery because as soon as I walked in and reached out I had so many people reaching back.

I have come full circle in many ways ~ today I am smiling a smile that comes from deep within my heart and my soul is singing a song of joy.

Today I am painting with confidence, inspiration and pleasure. I am establishing myself in the art community and filled with a desire to express all of this that is inside.

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Teresa

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fears faced, hearts mended, faith restored, and love bared

Who Am I?

Who am I today?

7.5 x 7.5

Watercolor

$65.

A mask typically covers all or part of the face, worn as a disguise to amuse or terrify others. And then there is the mask/face that we wear for different occasions and different people. One is for the cop when pulled over for speeding, another for the person that cuts us off. One for a newborn babies another for a dear friend. We put on our smile and tell the world we are fine when someone asks, “How are you?” Fine the polite and automatic response when really our world is falling apart and spiraling the drain. Fine ~ when feeling great and at the top of our game.

FINE

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Teresa Beyer

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Easter Chick

This little chick immediately feels love and identifies with the flower ~ may you feel love in all that you see.

Happy Easter,

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Teresa

River Walk Open Theatre

River Walk

Open Theatre

Watercolor

7.5 x 7.5

$45.

The great outdoors Arneson River Theatre is located in the San Antonio River Walk in Texas. The open air venue was built in 1939 and is where the local artists perform. The stage is on the north side of the river and the audience can sit and relax on the cement grass covered steps on the south side.

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Teresa

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