Teresa ASCONE

For twenty five years, award-winning artist
Teresa Ascone has portrayed her impressions
of Alaska in her distinctive, romanticized style.
Ascone images have appeared on the covers of Alaska Horizons, Arctic Horizons, and Marine Highway News magazines, and UAA's 1997 Summer Sessions Course Catalog. Numerous corporate clients include Caverly Senior Center, KTUU Channel 2, KAKM Channel 7, the Alaska Women's Resource Center, The Alaska Center for the Performing Arts, the Northway Mall, the Mall at Sears, The MatSu Regional Medical Center, and the Anchorage Sister Cities Commission. Original paintings have been sent to Korea, England, and Russia as official gifts from the Municipality of Anchorage. In 1995 Teresa illustrated Things in the Sky, a textbook portraying various elements of nature as seen in the Arctic. She also designed holiday note cards for the Anchorage Police Department from 2001 through 2005. Teresa's original artwork appears in numerous private collections worldwide.
An award-winning PBS-produced video, Landscapes of the Imagination-The Art of Teresa Ascone, honored her in 1988.
She currently maintains her lakeside studio in the Meadow Lakes area of the beautiful Matanuska Valley. Original artwork can be seen at her studio by appointment.
Teaching Watercolor
Teresa is a regular contributor to Tole World Magazine's "Watercolor Page" with her instructional articles. Teaching watercolor has been a rewarding element of Teresa's work, providing the opportunity to travel to numerous towns and villages throughout Alaska. Her teaching experiences led to the development of a step-by-step learning system using her book, We're All Artists: Watercolor for Everyone, and The Ultimate Palette, patented in 1995. A second book of watercolor lessons, Painting Pleasure: Adventures in Watercolor, was published in August 1999.
In 1998, Teresa restructured her UAA classes into The Ultimate Watercolor Academy, creating a community-based learning experience for adults who wanted to learn watercolor in a safe, non-threatening atmosphere - a hallmark of Teresa's teaching style. The Academy consisted of a series of one-day workshops and concluded with an annual student art exhibit. The success of the academy and its annual student art show resulted in her nomination for the UAA 2000 Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence.
Contact Teresa at teresaascone@yahoo.com for a current teaching schedule.
Ascone Art Products
Teresa Ascone has note cards, prints, magnet designs, and other products available through Taku Graphics, www.takugraphics.com. Teresa provides a free, downloadable watercolor lesson at her website, www.watercolorartist.net.