Born in 1950 in a small farming community, north of Edmonton, Alberta. Tea left at an early age adventuring to Quebec and the Caribbean. In 1989, she moved to Nelson, British Columbia to finish raising her sons. After her sons left on their own adventures, Tea took every opportunity to seriously study her passion. Her art education was interrupted by a bout with breast cancer in late 2004 - "That was the fight of my life," she claims, "after coming face to face with death everything became precious." Her love of the arts survived with her. She continued honing her skills with workshops with Kootenays acclaimed artists like John Cooper, Deb Thompson (present curator of Touchstones), Deb Andrews, Ted Wallace and Sandra Donohue, culminating in back-to-back workshops in Fall 2009 with White Rock's celebrated Mike Svob. "Mike made all my years of training make sense. I have always been a visual person, but a 'visual-arts' person needs a language and Mike taught that language. For me, Mike was a godsend - he was the key that unlocked my box of paints." Tea's recent colourful body of work reflects this influence. Tea is searching for her 'artist's feet' by catapulting herself into the world with her whimsical, sweet joy on canvas. "May God still be with me when I land," she laughs. Like Gabriele Muenter of the Blue Riders of Germany, her work is "diverse but generally reflects an interest in free experimentation and spiritual expression".
 
Contact: Tea Preville
   
Phone: 250-352-0333
 
Mailing Address:
1716 Silver King Rd, Nelson, BC V1L 1C7
 
Wheelchair accessible? No
Accessible meaning doors at least 32” wide, no threshold more than 1” high and no stairs or an elevator/lift available.
 
Website: www.teapreville.com
 
Business hours outside of the Culture Tour are: By appointment
 
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