From Tea Packaging to Art

Begins with a Cup of Tea

Tea packaging was salvaged from numerous cups of tea and I found a moment to pause. 

Transfer &  Watercolors

To transferring the tea package(s) onto paper and layering with with watercolor. 

Ends as a TeaScape

Layered complex artworks that evoke balance, space, and a meditative stillness found through drinking tea.
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TEASCAPES

Unintended Coalescence

Mint Hemlock

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Sleeping River

Cairn Chai

Herbal Utah

Calming Poppies

Spicy Sweet Bowtie

Cinnamon Sky

Marshmallow Train

Wild Orange Utah

Cinnamon Sky II

Antioxidant Sweet Tangerine Zion

Wild Sweet Utah

Ginger Dusk

Ginger Thermal

Ginger Yellow

Super Antioxidant

Ginger Castle

Antioxidant Blue

Ginger Water

Ginger Fields

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Mint Hemlock Yoga Mat

Hot Stress Relief Yoga Mat

Cold Season Yoga Mat

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Zinnia Swirl Yoga Mat

About the TeaScapes

​After a family trip to Wyoming and Utah, I wanted to imbue my art with the peace and spaciousness that I experienced there – to make those places and feelings permanent in my art, and life. I started meditating and playing with image transfers of tea packaging, and made a connection between the tea and the places I had travelled. The surfaces could be layered with watercolors and gouache over the transferred packaging, connecting the teas’ ingredients, their colors and intended purpose to the landscape. I could both hold those places for myself and help viewers explore the landscape more deeply – creating a meditative artwork. 
 
The paintings have become stylized interpretations of the landscape – while maintaining a clear reference to the location. I’m interested in using highly pigmented paint, often employing strong linear elements to help describe the energy in a place. The reversed labels from the packaging create a subtext of pattern, inviting the viewer to see more.  READ MORE.