Teri L. Tiemeyer-Garcia This is Me

Education

 Web References

1. 1. UUSM - Newsletters - Gallery Wall

   www.uusm.org/newsletters/galle - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/1/2007   Last Visited: 12/11/2007

   Teri Tiemeyer-Garcia
   
   Teri Tiemeyer-Garcia was born and raised in southern California and always wanted to be an artist. Her early influences were her parents, who liked to camp in the Sierras and to garden, and her grandmother Flo, who had a curious and childlike interest in birds, green growing things, and bits and pieces of "stuff" from nature.
   
   Teri received a formal education in art from Cal State Fullerton. For several years she worked with the U.S. Forest Service in the Los Padres. She rode horseback with mules as a backcountry patrol, staffed the Thorne Point Fire Look-Out Tower and lived in the backcountry for one season. After receiving a California State Teaching Credential, she taught art in high school. During this time she received a master's degree in special education.
   
   This "Meditations Exhibition" is fresh from a show in Hilo on the big island of Hawaii. The show was part of a cultural exchange at the Wailoa Center. Teri currently shows at Orlando Gallery in Tarzana, Aquarius Gallery in Cambria, and Village Square Gallery in Montrose. She is past president of Women Painters West and is currently co-chairing programs for the group. She is also on the board of the VIVA Gallery in Northridge.

2. 2. The Aquarius Gallery, Original Fine Art

   www.aquariusgallery.com/galler - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/9/2003   Last Visited: 10/1/2004

   Teri L. Tiemeyer-Garcia was born and raised in southern California. She always wanted to be an artist. Her early influences were her parents who liked to camp in the Sierras and to garden and her grandmother who had a curious and childlike interest in birds, green growing things and bits and pieces of "stuff" from nature. Teri received a formal education in art from California State University at Fullerton graduating with a B.A. in Fine Arts - studio emphasis in painting and drawing. She studied with Leo Robinson and Don Lagerberg. She also studied with Bettye Saar and Karen Carson at California State University at Northridge. For several years she then worked various jobs with the U.S. Forest Service in the Los Padres National Forest. She rode horseback with mules as a back country patrolman, manned the Fire Look-Out Tower on Thorne Point, and lived in the back country for 8 months with a wood stove for cooking, kerosene lanterns and an outhouse. After receiving a California State Teaching Credential she taught art in high school and junior high. She continued teaching but in Special Education after receiving a Masters Degree in Special Education. During this time she started exhibiting at various galleries in Southern California. She currently is President of Women Painters West and continues to teach while exhibiting at Aquarius Gallery in Cambria.
   
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