Portraits

I recently became very interested in painting portraits.
Here are a few of them. I'd love any feed back!

Tessa Guze, Eyes, oil on canvas, 2010

Tessa Guze, Lips, oil on canvas, 2010

Tessa Guze, Hannah, oil on canvas, 2010

Tessa Guze, Greg, oil on canvas, 2010

To see more of my portraits please visit my portrait portfolio website or my portrait painting blogs.

Memory Miniatures

These are memory portraits I did of people I meet when I was teaching in Jaipur. I had to work small because I was traveling so they are all postcard sized, 4inches x 6 inches (10 cm x 15 cm).

Tessa Guze, Sonu and Baby, oil on canvas, 2010

Tessa Guze, The Land Lady, oil on canvas, 2010

Tessa Guze, Pinky, oil on canvas, Jaipur, India 2010

Tessa Guze, Nakita, oil on canvas, Jaipur, India 2010

To see more similar work please visit my painting portfolio website or my portrait painting blogs.

Fellowship Exhibition

I just applied for and won a Travel Fellowship to spend my summer in India. I will be spending a month in Jaipur teaching street children and then going to New Delhi for 7 weeks while I intern at Roli Books! Here are some photos of the artwork that accompanied my fellowship proposal.

Fellowship Exhibition, The Galleries at Moore, 2010

Tessa Guze, How the Painted Hunting Dog Got His Spots, Handmade book,

Tessa Guze, Water, oil on canvas, 2010

Tessa Guze, Unescorted, Oil on Canvas, 2010

Here is a photo of me with my students in Jaipur!

Tessa Guze and her students in Jaipur, India, 2010

Please visit my website to read more about me or to see more images of my paintings!

Jr Studio projects

Tessa Guze, Secrets, Oil on canvas, 2010

This is a painting of two little girls telling secrets by the edge of the swimming pool.

Tessa Guze, Hungry, oil on canvas, 2010

This is a painting of hungry children, living in a sum on the edge of a city.

Tessa Guze, Enchantment Chai, oil and digital, 2010

This is an illustration for Celestial Seasonings tea box for the flavor Chocolate Caramel Enchantment Chai.

Tessa Guze, African Orange Mango, Water color and digital, 2009

This is another Celestial Seasonings illustration for the flavor African Orange Mango.

Tessa Guze, Whatever Company You Keep Holiday Card,  oil and digital, 2010

This is a holiday card I made for my parents. The top is the outside and the bottom is the inside of the card.

Tessa Guze, Usain Bolt, water color, pencil and digital, 2009

This is a caricature of Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world! I placed it in a Times magazine cover.

Tessa Guze, Tiger, Brahman & Jackal, water color and digital, 2009

This is the cover for a book of fairy tales. The illustration is one of my favorite fairy tale featuring a jackal and a tiger. To see more of my work please visit my paintings, illustrations, portraits and fine arts website or my children's books illustrations and paintings blog or my pet portraits blog!