About Me
As a painter, I am primarily self taught, with friends & mentors providing advice along the way. I recently took some time to paint plein air in my home state of Michigan, all the way to Copper Harbor! It was so inspiring, I hope to to a longer painting trip again.
I was taught how to sculpt by the late Jay Holland at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. More recently, classes at the Vermont Carving Studio, the “Marble/Marble Symposium” in Colorado, and 2Sculpt in Kansas were essential in learning the art of stone carving. I love the beauty of stone even as I open it up.
I love the feeling I get painting in oils- whether in studio or plein air, it gives me a sense of peace. However, sometimes a sculpture can express what a painting cannot…
It is a joy whether I’m working paint, clay or stone!
Theresa Lannen
Awards & Shows
November 2019-Janurary 2020 Wyandotte Sunrises display at River’s Edge Gallery, Wyandotte MI
May 2019 Gold (First)Prize at the Birmingham Community House for “Sue’s Garden”
2018 Michigan Annual Anton Art Center XLV “Ressurection” Alabastor Scupture
2018 Spring ASDearborn 1st Place 3D ” Waiting” Terra-cotta Sculpture
2017 Fall ASDearborn 1st Place 3D ” Armetta Terra-cotta Sculpture
Art on the Avenue, Dearborn 1995-2007
Wyandotte Art Fair 1999-2001
2000 Michigan Annual XXVII ” Red Flowers” Painting