Teressa Price King
"She Can Paint ANYTHING!"
Teressa King is a seasoned portrait artist and illustrator and is able to paint almost anything upon request.
Not your AVERAGE Face Painter! If you're looking for something Unique, Entertaining and Different from the rest, Teressa King is the artist for you. Leave your guests with something to talk about long after the event has ended!
Come See me LIVE at the Santa Ana Zoo on most Sundays from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
1801 East Chestnut Avenue, Santa Ana CA 92701
Teressa King is a seasoned portrait artist and illustrator and is able to paint almost anything upon request.
Not your AVERAGE Face Painter! If you're looking for something Unique, Entertaining and Different from the rest, Teressa King is the artist for you. Leave your guests with something to talk about long after the event has ended!
Come See me LIVE at the Santa Ana Zoo on most Sundays from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
1801 East Chestnut Avenue, Santa Ana CA 92701
Teressa King is a married mother of three boys and has been doing things "creative" ever since childhood.
"Who doesn't love to color, cut and paste, and otherwise make a beautiful mess?”
With a Degree in Studio Art, specializing in Portraiture & Illustration, she is able create the unbelievable and give you more than you’d ever expect.
“There is nothing more exciting than being able to see a baby in his mother’s tummy follow my brushstrokes as I decorate his little sanctuary. I absolutely LOVE my job.”
714.420.3054 | katrice_tkdesigns@yahoo.com
"Creating special moments one face at a time"
Family Owned & Operated Since 2008
Like most people, I liked to color and draw when I was a kid.
What kid doesn't? The only difference is that, after much debate, I chose to pursue and make "coloring and drawing" my profession. I received a few awards while in high school including: the grand prize for the NAHMA poster contest, Santa Ana Valley High School Bronze Medal for Visual Arts, and an honorable mention at the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach.
My preferred style would be realistic portraiture using chalk
pastels. I was introduced to this medium in high school art class. "Drawing on the Right hand side of the Brain" was the method taught by my art teacher, Ms. Denny Carlisle, and am convinced, using this method, anyone can be taught how to draw from photographs or life. The concept is to learn how to “see” and, from there, translate that onto the canvas/paper.
After graduating from high school, I continued my education, with a determination to NOT pursue a career in art. The constant jargon of "starving artist" and "success only after death" just weren't
making me real excited about declaring art as my major. But with no other idea of what I wanted to do, I grudgingly declared it anyway. I obtained a degree in Studio Art from Clark University, in Worcester
Massachussetts.
From 1993-1998, I collaborated w/ Nick Norris (TK/Norris), and combined portraiture, illustration, and short text phrases to create custom designed t-shirts. During the summer of 1997, I was introduced to Artist, Jackson Collins at Venice Beach. He introduced me to Acrylic painting and encouraged me to focus on one style. I was all over the place as far as style is concerned and, really, I still am today. For about five weekends, from dawn to dusk, I painted on the beach. It was a great experience to paint as people walked by and to hear their comments and feed back. Even more exciting, was people actually wanting to buy my work. It was an exhausting, yet thrilling,
experience, that gave birth to my first paintings on canvas: "Natural", "Before Venice", and "Passion" (which was inspired by a red monochromatic jazz painting of Collins’). These new works were the first demonstration of my
non-portraiture, freehand art skills.
I was given the honor of donating artwork to be included in a silent auction benefitting Howard University's School of Communications. This auction was held in conjunction with the 1st Annual Global Visionary Awards, honoring
communications legends, Sheila Johnson.
I have been commissioned to do custom portraits on paper, tshirts and shoes, business logos and photography. I also sell my own original artwork. And, whenever possible, I participate in small informal art shows featuring my work.
I have extended my creativity to skin by offering face and body painting services. I enjoy face painting the most because of the interaction it requires with others. It's the most fun I have ever had "working". I was awarded 3rd Place in the West Coast Face and Body Painters Forum's July 2011 "Just Faces" Contest. You can view past and current winners and their art at: www.westcoastfacepainters.com/contests.html
What kid doesn't? The only difference is that, after much debate, I chose to pursue and make "coloring and drawing" my profession. I received a few awards while in high school including: the grand prize for the NAHMA poster contest, Santa Ana Valley High School Bronze Medal for Visual Arts, and an honorable mention at the Sawdust Festival in Laguna Beach.
My preferred style would be realistic portraiture using chalk
pastels. I was introduced to this medium in high school art class. "Drawing on the Right hand side of the Brain" was the method taught by my art teacher, Ms. Denny Carlisle, and am convinced, using this method, anyone can be taught how to draw from photographs or life. The concept is to learn how to “see” and, from there, translate that onto the canvas/paper.
After graduating from high school, I continued my education, with a determination to NOT pursue a career in art. The constant jargon of "starving artist" and "success only after death" just weren't
making me real excited about declaring art as my major. But with no other idea of what I wanted to do, I grudgingly declared it anyway. I obtained a degree in Studio Art from Clark University, in Worcester
Massachussetts.
From 1993-1998, I collaborated w/ Nick Norris (TK/Norris), and combined portraiture, illustration, and short text phrases to create custom designed t-shirts. During the summer of 1997, I was introduced to Artist, Jackson Collins at Venice Beach. He introduced me to Acrylic painting and encouraged me to focus on one style. I was all over the place as far as style is concerned and, really, I still am today. For about five weekends, from dawn to dusk, I painted on the beach. It was a great experience to paint as people walked by and to hear their comments and feed back. Even more exciting, was people actually wanting to buy my work. It was an exhausting, yet thrilling,
experience, that gave birth to my first paintings on canvas: "Natural", "Before Venice", and "Passion" (which was inspired by a red monochromatic jazz painting of Collins’). These new works were the first demonstration of my
non-portraiture, freehand art skills.
I was given the honor of donating artwork to be included in a silent auction benefitting Howard University's School of Communications. This auction was held in conjunction with the 1st Annual Global Visionary Awards, honoring
communications legends, Sheila Johnson.
I have been commissioned to do custom portraits on paper, tshirts and shoes, business logos and photography. I also sell my own original artwork. And, whenever possible, I participate in small informal art shows featuring my work.
I have extended my creativity to skin by offering face and body painting services. I enjoy face painting the most because of the interaction it requires with others. It's the most fun I have ever had "working". I was awarded 3rd Place in the West Coast Face and Body Painters Forum's July 2011 "Just Faces" Contest. You can view past and current winners and their art at: www.westcoastfacepainters.com/contests.html
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