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Tessa’s objective is to create art
that spiritually and emotionally highlights our interconnection
with the world. She works with an assortment of media exploring
the different textures and tones therein.
Exhibitions
1997
Series of mixed media drawings with a strong emphasis on
line, form and colour with found magazine papers, entitled
‘Pregnancy and Motherhood’. Exhibition focused on the various
stages of pregnancy and motherhood , exploring the changes that
occur in a woman physically, mentally and emotionally.
1998
Mixed media drawings on brown paper entitled ‘North
African Images, Morocco and Egypt’. Images of Berber and Bedouin
people, investigating ways of life and experimenting with
unbleached paper.
2002
The ‘Journey Begins’ series of miniature paintings and
collages. Exploring the Chakras and different stages of life using
abstract imagery and the symbolism of flowers.
2003
‘Life Water’. Series of paintings and collages exploring by
the symbolic use of water, human emotion and human condition.
2004
‘Legacy’. Mixed media pieces with 2D and 3D elements
explore the human need to create spaces, music, rhythms and dance,
and spiritual symbolism. A homage to our creative forefathers.
2005
‘Sanskrit’. Series of paintings inspired by a 6 week artist
residency in India in Feb/March 2005. Sanskrit is the ancient
sacred language of India. The exhibition depicts timeless sacred
rituals and ways of life, architectural and decorative elements
that have inspired many aspects of modern life.
2006
‘Rethinking Landscapes’. This is a series of paintings
inspired by landscape in and around Trinidad. Places known yet
not necessarily noticed, places inhabited by people on the fringes
of society or places in a state of decay. It is the artist’s
intention, not only for the viewer to rethink what a landscape is
by definition of art, but to question whether this is indeed the
landscape we wish to see and condone.
Tessa is the coordinator of the
Children’s Art Education Program at CCA7 and gives workshops at
various primary schools, encouraging them to tap into their own
creative abilities. She is married to Social Worker Gregory Sloan-
Seale. They have two daughters.
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