artist biography

Trina Teele grew up in Chelmsford, Massachusetts spending summers in Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and Long Island, NY. As a youth, she learned to manage strong feelings and felt a genuine connection towards art.

While in college Trina became aware of a duality in art. There was the powerful calculated art of the commercial world, and the unique and unexpected expressiveness of personal art. She embraced this duality and got a degree in both Graphic Design and Painting with a concentration in Art History from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

After graduation, Trina entered into the corporate world as a graphic designer. Ever present in the back of her mind, was the warning from a college art professor. “Within five years, many of you will never pick up a paint brush again.”  She did not want to prove him right and kept painting.

In several years, she had two daughters. She reduced her hours to part time so she could better manage the new role of being a mother. At this time, she explored watercolor for the first time, finding it less messy than canvas painting with little children about. By the time her daughters were in middle and high school, Trina left the corporate world and opened her own freelance graphic design business. In her personal artwork she returned to using acrylic paints and found it surprisingly manageable after the brief period with watercolors.

With one child in college and the finishing high school, Trina is exploring the question of why one needs art and creativity. This has led her to a daily commitment towards creativity as evidenced on her blog (trinacreative.blogspot.com). She also maintains her graphic design business (www.teeledesign.com) and continues to study with local artists. She is a member and serves on the board for the Chelmsford Art Society and is a member of the Arts League of Lowell (ALL). She teaches painting and drawing and participates routinely in local shows, exhibits, and art festivals.

All artwork is available for purchase (unless indicated) by contacting the artist or by clicking on thumbnails to link to Trina's Fine Art America website which is set up for easy purchase of high quality prints and notecards.