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I create art to educate, inspire, heal and provide hope.
I create art to educate, inspire, heal and provide hope.
Artist Bio
Teresa Duran is a fifth generation Coloradoan, whose family can be traced back to the early settlements of New Mexico. Her
interest in art started at the young age of four, when she began analyzing the colors and design of the material her mother used to make her dresses. Teresa believes that each artist is unique and must paint what comes from the heart and soul. The images within her retablos tell a story and offer spiritual comfort for those who believe. Teresa especially enjoys depicting the sentiments of women along with using whimsical symbols.
Teresa utilizes natural materials. She paints her images on hand-carved pine, pinon and aspen wood. She makes her own gesso using animal skin glue, marble dust and/or gypsum. Her pigments are mainly natural ingredients, such as: indigo, cochineal, plants and minerals. Teresa seals her art pieces with a homemade varnish made from pinon sap and grain alcohol and a final coat of beeswax.
Teresa has shown her work at various museums, universities, churches and galleries and she has won various awards. Her artwork was selected to market the 1994 and 2011, “Chili Harvest Festival in Denver, CO , the 1997 and 2014, “Colorado Santeros,” exhibit at Regis University and most recently the upcoming 2022 Spanish Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has also won several awards for her retablos throughout the years.
Spanish Colonial Art created in the tradition developed over 200 years ago in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico.
In southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, once part of Mexico and called "New Spain," a wondrous folk art evolved at around 1700's. This art was first introduced by settlers from Mexico who came to colonize a harsh and rugged land inhabited by southwest Native Americans. To satisfy their hunger for spiritual sustenance in this vast landlocked frontier, the spanish colonists continued their tradition of creating santos, Catholic devotional images of saintly or angelic personages. Because of extreme isolation, the folk artisans or santeros (saint-makers) developed a distinctive art which differed from mainstream Spanish Baroque imagery. Spanish Colonial art of the new world is unique in that it represents the immersion of two cultures, Native American and Spanish. The fusion of these two cultures is represented in the symbols and design of this unique art form. The Santos adorned homes, churches and Moradas. Santos function as intercessors between humans and the Heavenly Father and reign supreme in New Mexico and Colorado villages. People invoke aid from these spiritual helpmates. Today these remarkable images radiate the same spiritual force that they did long ago.
EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE
Biscochitos Para San Miguel
My first children's book called "Biscochitos Para San Miguel," (Cookies for Saint Michael), is a delightful simple bilingual book about relying on our better angels. Based on a conversation with her grandchildren, the book gives in-site into the life of a santera in the southwest and the tradition of baking traditional Spanish cookies. The book can be purchased on Amazon at the following lin
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