Word Salad

A solo exhibition of new & select works from Teresa Watson.

March 25 to May 9th, 2021

Born and raised in Texas, and educated at Pratt Institute, Teresa Watson, is an illustrator and painter living with schizoaffective disorder. Her comic "Welcome to the Covid-19 Mental Health Struggle" appeared in New York Times. She has exhibited paintings at La Luz de Jesus in Los Angeles and Hey There Projects, La Matadora Gallery, and Mincing Mockingbird in Joshua Tree California. Teresa has also painted numerous pet portrait commissions.

"I try to find humor in life. Because of my struggles with my mental health, my world has always been very chaotic and full of awkward moments. Painting things that don’t belong together makes me laugh, for example a man with a candle on his head, hallucinating looking in the trash while a frog sits nearby playing music. Dissimilar images juxtaposed together create a safe space to process confusing moments or triggering events. Other times I enjoy painting light hearted pictures of cowgirls with flowers or pet portraits which are less personal and just as liberating.”

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Figures 1-6, Rocket Chair / 2021 / Gouache and tempera on wood panel / 18 x 24 inches / $425 / SOLD

Figures 1-6, Rocket Chair / 2021 / Gouache and tempera on wood panel / 18 x 24 inches / $425 / SOLD

AH Rats / 2021 / Gouache and tempera on wood panel / 10 x 10 inches / $275 / SOLD

AH Rats / 2021 / Gouache and tempera on wood panel / 10 x 10 inches / $275 / SOLD

Fig. 17, Socially Lazy Days / 2021 / Gouache and tempera on wood panel / 24 x 30 inches / 24 x 30 inches / $600

Fig. 17, Socially Lazy Days / 2021 / Gouache and tempera on wood panel / 24 x 30 inches / 24 x 30 inches / $600

Outside Activities / 2020 / Gouache, tempera, and gesso on wood panel / 36 x 36 inches / $20 donation to Places for People for a chance to win this original piece of art / Click on image for more info

Outside Activities / 2020 / Gouache, tempera, and gesso on wood panel / 36 x 36 inches / $20 donation to Places for People for a chance to win this original piece of art / Click on image for more info

Existential Dread / 2021 / Gouache and egg tempera on wood panel / 18 x 24 inches / $425

Existential Dread / 2021 / Gouache and egg tempera on wood panel / 18 x 24 inches / $425

What You Gonna Be? / 2021 / Gouache and tempera on wood panel / 14 x 11 inches / $275 / SOLD

What You Gonna Be? / 2021 / Gouache and tempera on wood panel / 14 x 11 inches / $275 / SOLD

At Least He Has An Oven / 2021 / Gouache & tempera on wood panel / 6 x 14 inches / $150 / SOLD

At Least He Has An Oven / 2021 / Gouache & tempera on wood panel / 6 x 14 inches / $150 / SOLD

Working the Night Shift / 2021 / Gouache and egg tempera on wood panel / 24 x 24 inches / $475

Working the Night Shift / 2021 / Gouache and egg tempera on wood panel / 24 x 24 inches / $475

Best in Show / 2020 / Gouache and tempera on canvas / 36 x 36 inches / $750

Best in Show / 2020 / Gouache and tempera on canvas / 36 x 36 inches / $750