Teresa Vito will be judging this year's event

“ From the first time I picked up my first crayon I knew that I had found it. The “it” that was my undying passion, forever to be fascinated with color, line, and shape.”

Teresa Vito’s paintings reflect the beauty she sees all around her. She loves painting living energy, whether it is the outdoor landscape, berries and flowers picked for a still life, or the unending variety of the human face. Vito has been a full time oil painter since 1992. She currently lives in Pueblo, Colorado.

Vito has a BA in Fine Art from the State University of New York at Geneseo and has taught and studied at the Art Students League at Denver and the Loveland Academy of Fine Arts. She painted with Richard Schmid for five years. Vito has won numerous national awards including an Award of Excellence, Best Portrait and Best Still Life Awards from Oil Painters of America. She also received the Best of Show Award from the Artists of Colorado Exhibition held at the Colorado History Museum. Southwest Art Magazine, Collector’s Edition, chose her as Collector’s Choice for Still Life in 2006. Vito has been granted signature membership with Knickerbocker Artists, Oil Painters of America and Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters. Recently the Sangre de Cristo Art Center purchased a painting for their permanent museum collection.

The Turquoise Wall

 Teresa Vito has a BA in Fine Arts from the State University of New York at Geneseo. She studied at the Art Students League of Denver with Ramon Kelley, Quang Ho, Doug Dawson and Bruce Cody. Vito painted with Richard Schmid for five years at the Loveland Academy of Fine Arts where she also studied with Nancy Guzik. She has expanded her knowledge by taking numerous workshops over the years with artists Clyde Aspevig, Mike Lynch, Greg McHuron, and Laura Robb, Gregg Kreutz and Robert Johnson. Vito has been a full time painter since 1992. She is also known for her enthusiastic and knowledgeable teaching.

Teaching Experience

Art Students League of Denver, 1991-1995 and workshops
Loveland Academy of Fine Arts, 1995-1999 and workshops
Painting workshops including Art in the Aspens, Aspen, Denver and Pueblo, CO., Ocate, NM.,
Cottonwood Artists School, Colorado Springs, CO., and Colorado Academy of Art, Boulder, CO.,
Taos Institute of Art, Taos NM., and  Phil Levine Workshops, Provence, Bordeaux and Burgundy  France.

Awards and Publications

“Award of Excellence” Oil Painters of America, West/Southwest, Santa Barbara, CA.
“Best of Show” Artists of Colorado, Colorado History Museum, Denver, CO.
“Best Still Life” Oil Painters of America, Chicago, IL.
“Best Portrait” Oil Painters of America, San Antonio, TX.
“Jerry’s Artarama Award” Women Artist’s of America National Show
“Collector’s Choice and People’s Choice” Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters, Estes Park, CO.
“Artist Choice and Quick Draw Award” Manitou Springs Plein Air, Manitou Springs, CO.
Featured in Southwest Art Magazine, “Celebrating Miniatures” December 2008, “Collector’s Choice for Still Life” October 2006,
“Homage to Spring” May 2003, “Solo Exhibition” October 2002, “Shared Wisdom with Richard Schmid” June 1998, and
“Figures and Flowers”  January 1997.
Featured in Western Art Collector Magazine, WAOWing the Mountain States, February 2009
Granted Signature Membership with Knickerbocker Artists, Oil Painters of America and Rocky Mountain Plein Air Artists.
“Storyteller” 30”x24” Oil purchased by the Sangre De Cristo Art Center for the Museum’s Permanent Collection.

Selected National and Regional Exhibits

2010 “Salotto di Luminoso” Invitational, Madden Museum, Denver, CO
2009 “WAOWing the Mountain States” Women Artists of the West, Denver,CO
2008 “Oil Painters of America Western Regional” Coeur d’Alene, ID
2007 “Painting the Town” Solo Exhibition Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO.
2002-2008 “Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters” Estes Park, Winter Park, CO. and Jackson, WY.
2003-2008 “Representing the West” Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO
2004-2006 “Arts for the Sangres” Westcliff, CO.
2005,2001,2000,1999  “Colorado Governor’s Invitation” Loveland Museum, Loveland CO.
2005,2002  “Oil Painters of America National Exhibition” Chicago, IL.
2003 “Oil Painters of America West/Southwest” Santa Barbara, CA.
2001 “Manchester Invitational” Richard Schmid invites, Manchester, VT.
1998 “Oil Painters of America National Exhibition” Georgetown, Washington DC.
1997 “Oil Painters of America National Exhibition” Taos, NM.
1997 “Oil Painters of America Mountain States” Park City, UT.
1997 “Knickerbocker 45th Grand International Exhibition” Scottsdale, AZ.
1996 “Oil Painters of America National Exhibition” San Antonio, TX.
1996 “Artists of Colorado” Colorado History Museum, Denver, CO.

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updated August 12, 2010