Teresa Hitch

"Low Tide" was inspired by the very shallow beaches of White Rock and summer light.

To me, the ultimate creative process involves "Communing Spirit," the sense of a greater being/force working through one's body, the instrument through which this energy flows.

Paintings come from experiences when I need extraordinary spiritual strength. The ocean, vastness of skies, and light give me spiritual sustenance, the experience of "Communing Spirit."

Teresa Gaye Hitch, MFA

360 Wilkie Way

Salt Spring Island, British Columbia V8K 2J4

(250) 538-0978

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

“Water and Light,” Moby’s, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia 2006

“Spaces,” The Sanctuary of the Unitarian Church of Vancouver, 2004

“Teresa Gaye Hitch,” The Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, 1979

“Six and Four,” Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1979

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

“Small, Smaller, Smallest,” The Federation of Canadian Artists, 2006

“Semi-Abstract/Abstract Show,” The Federation of Canadian Artists, 2006

“Small, Smaller, Smallest,” The Federation of Canadian Artists, 2005

“Out of Line,” Surrey Art Gallery, 2004

Spring Juried Show, Surrey Art Gallery, 2004

Spring Juried Show, Burnaby Arts Council, 2003

“8 Sculptors,” Artists Inc., Hamilton, 1982

“A Fine Line,” Loyola Marymont University, Westchester (Los Angeles), 1980

The Women’s Building, Los Angeles, 1980

“Small Books,” Franklin Furnace Archives, New York City, 1980

“Holiday Show,” Brockman Gallery Productions, Los Angeles, 1979

“Christmas Show,” Artworks, Venice, California, 1979

“Hess Village Juried Exhibition,” Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton, 1979

“Alumni Sculptors and Painters,” Occidental College, 1979

“The Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art First Annual Juried Show,” The Women’s Building, Los Angeles, 1979

“The Other Things Artists Make,” The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (Barnsdall), 1978

“The Object Observed,” The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 1978

“Artists Under Thirty Invitational,” MacMaster University Art Gallery, Hamilton, 1972

REVIEWS

Kenneth Atchity, “Dreams and Art,” Dreamworks, Human Sciences Press, Fall, 1982

Grace Inglis, “Artviews,” The Spectator, (Saturday, March 27, 1982), p. 53

Terry Wolverton, Spinning Off, May, 1980, p. 13

Dinah Portner, “Perspectives on Objects,” Artweek, Vol. 9, No. 33 (Oct. 7, 1978) pp. 3-4

William Wilson, “A Still Life Chop Suey at Barnsdall,” The Los Angeles Times, (Sunday, September 24, 1978), p. 101

HONOURS RECEIVED

Scholarship Award, The Banff School of Fine Arts

Honourable Mention Award, The Banff School of Fine Arts

The Birk’s Medal for “Outstanding Ability in Art”

EDUCATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

MFA, BFA Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, 1979, 1977

BEd, Brock University, College of Education, St. Catharines, Ontario, 1982

BA, Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1976

Special Education specialist, ESL Specialist;art seminars