Teresa Harris
Artist in Residence, CES Canada
Teresa’s art is created through a strong desire to combine her love for humanity and her passion to help others to become aware of third world issues. Using an easel and pastels she vividly expresses the dichotomy of pathos and hope for the poor and needy. Her works appeal to those whose lifestyle and worldview demands justice and freedom for all people.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Teresa moved to Ontario in 1990 where she met and married her Canadian husband. She attended O’More College of Art and Design in Franklin, Tennessee and later Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario. Her story includes a journey of faith when in 1994 she became a Christian. ”Since that time,” she states, “I have been seeking to live out the spirit of Isaiah 58* among others. Over the years I have had many opportunities to serve. One such avenue has been through visual art.”
In 2007 Teresa traveled to Africa for the first time. She was deeply moved and when she returned to Canada she began looking for ways to raise funds and raise awareness of the desperate needs of people she encountered.
“Using the resources available to me, I have produced several pastel paintings that reflect the love, hopes and hurts of the people in Africa that have so captured my heart.”
In the winter of 2010 Teresa travelled to Kenya to assist in an orphanage at Kisumu. She also visited Kakamega in Western Province, seeing some of the CES Canada schools and meeting many CES sponsored students.
“I am very pleased to be involved with the work of CES Canada in Kenya. It is my privilege and great joy to produce images that might help further this work and inspire others to get involved. This I do to the glory of God who is most deserving.”
Teresa lives in Barrie Ontario with her husband and two sons.
*Isaiah 58 “If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness and your night will become like the noonday.”
As Artist in Residence, Teresa Harris provides a larger compilation of her work on the CES Canada website “Gallery” page.
A broader selection of Teresa’s art can be found in her profile on the Fine Art America website:
