Oil
Teresa Maone is a visual artist who works in oil, watercolor, pastel and pencil in a representational style. Her first painting lesson at the age of twelve, under the tutelage of her father, was to copy old masters, e.g. Raphael and Rembrandt. Growing up in NYC, she won a competitive scholarship to the Pratt Institute art program for high school students. She later earned a BA in Fine Art from Stony Brook University. Right after college, she worked as a designer creating best-selling designs for Bucilla Needlecrafts. She soon became active in art advocacy and education as a member of the Foundation for the Community of Artists, a NYC funded program to support visual and performing artists, and later at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. She returned to graduate school to earn a Master’s in Psychology and a PhD in Neuroscience from New York University. Living in Princeton, New Jersey, she retained her love of art throughout a career as a scientist and teacher. She continued to study painting, bringing to it a deeper understanding of light, optics, and perception. Following the death of her infant daughter, she trained and worked in perinatal grief counseling. Through this work, she became aware of an important need and created many cherished infant portraits for bereaved families. She has since been commissioned to paint many other portraits of people and pets.
After retiring from education, Teresa moved to Doylestown, Pennsylvania and began painting full time. She studied color theory, watercolor and oil painting with several Bucks County artists and became an active member of the Doylestown Art League, the Garden State Watercolor Society, and the Artists of Yardley, exhibiting in members’ and juried art shows.
In 2021, Teresa moved to Centennial, Colorado. She is now a member of the Littleton Fine Arts Guild and the Paint Box Guild. She has exhibited in juried and non-juried shows in Colorado and has won several awards. She has begun studying with local artists and contributes to the artist communities near her new home.
