Small Paintings
community lights
(part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
HUMBLED BEAUTY - Original Painting - 12" x 17"
Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 12” x 17”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
Hidden amongst the shrubbery on the slope of the Arroyo, is this OLD light. Its looong arch makes it look as though it will fall out of the bushes at any moment. It was carefully crafted with curls of iron and designed to jut out over the road.
From the look of the peeling paint and naked light bulb, I suspect this light hasn't seen much love over the years. But someone continues to change out that bulb and every night, like clockwork, that light casts a warm glow over the surrounding area.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 12”x17” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 16”x21”, frosted gold frame with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
DANCING LIGHT IN QUIET SPACES - Original Painting - 12" x 12"
Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 12” x 12”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
The person who sent me this light said something to the effect of, "I don't think this is the kind of pretty light you're looking for, but you asked. So here is the light over my parking lot."
What's not to love about this light? There's something so real and relatable to purely functional lights. I feel young and a little rebellious thinking about hanging out beneath these lights in dark parking lots or in alleys. These are the "pass through" spaces. The places where conversations finish before departing. The places which greet us when we come home and the places which remain when we leave.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 12”x12” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 16”x16”, frosted gold frame with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
MYSTERY LIGHT - Original Painting - 10" x 8"
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Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 10” x 8”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
It's hard to get my head around this painting because I don't know where it came from. I have no photo reference of it. But I recall the image. Sort-of. I recall the trees. I recall the high walls. I think it was inspired by a photo sent to me of a neighborhood of lights which were too small to make out.
But ultimately, this place doesn't exist. I made it up. It's a delightful and effervescent place to visit. Full of champagne wishes and caviar dreams. ;)
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 10”x8” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 12”x14”, frosted gold frame, with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
WISDOM WROUGHT OF EXPERIENCE - Original Painting - 10" x 8"
Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 10” x 8”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
This image came to me via a friend of a friend. It's unusual, to me, because most of the public lighting in Southern California is freestanding. But throughout many older parts of the world, lights are often attached to buildings so as to not impede narrow passages.
The bricks in the photo became tangerine to me. In retrospect, that feels apropos. The colors in this painting are stimulating and vacillate between power and joy.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 10”x8” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 12”x14”, frosted gold frame, with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
ESCAPE THE GRID - Original Painting - 7"x5"
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Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 7” x 5”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
And how the people fled! Anyone with enough money to escape the central city did. Short term rentals in remote locations are BOOKED. Yachts, ranches and vacation properties have become residences. Remote workers are re-considering their locations. It's fascinating.
I've mostly stayed put, aside from the short travel between me and my family: winding my way into Pasadena was my retreat. It's a city known for its abundance of trees and quiet neighborhoods. I found this incredibly tall, lean, super-model of a street light nestled among the foliage. She was gorgeous. Suddenly, the intensity of the city was another lifetime ago.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 7”x5” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 10”x8”, frosted gold frame, with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
BLOOM IN ISOLATION - Original Painting - 12" x 12"
Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 12” x 12”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
This street light was sent to me by a friend in Virginia. The photo was taken on a slightly overcast, summer day and the light stood alone, among lush, East Coast greenery.
When rendering this painting, I wanted to capture the isolation of the subject and the soothing greenery of the surrounds. The lantern itself required heat and the pinky peach globe took on the feeling of a beautiful flower bloom.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 12”x12” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 16”x16”, frosted gold frame with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
GOLDEN HOUR GLOW - Original Painting - 7"x5"
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Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 7” x 5”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
This little gem is is showing you its playful side. It's the tippy top of a beautiful cast bronze light, filigreed with detail. Its aged metal looks black against the earth colored stone of the National Theatre Munich. It's dark and serious. Very serious.
But what if all of that art, all of that creative culture could visibly speak through the place itself? I think it would look like this.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 7”x5” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 10”x8”, frosted gold frame, with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
BEFORE & AFTER & HOW - Original Painting - 12" x 17"
Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 12” x 17”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
A golden eagle sits atop a Federalist designed street lantern in Alexandria, Virginia. This no-frills design is beautifully proportioned and speaks to the function-over-form attributes of early Americana.
This is the only piece in the series (so far) with grey planes of paint. They were an attempt to sooth the hot magentas and pinks, but they came out in jarring contrast. With the golden sunburst emanating from the lantern, this is an optimistic painting in which the light became the mediator between two competing planes.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 12”x17” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 16”x21”, frosted gold frame with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
COMPASSIONATE COMPANION - Original Painting - 7"x5"
Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 7” x 5”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
When you see lights, standing stoically, in the middle of an open space, you know they are placed there strictly for security purposes. The advent of public lighting changed a lot of aspects of public life and no small part of that was due to an enhanced sense of safety in otherwise dark places.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 7”x5” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 10”x8”, frosted gold frame, with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
LIGHT OUR WAY - Original Painting - 7"x5"
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Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 7” x 5”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
This image of a lamp post was sent to me by a friend on Instagram. It shows a misty winter day in Portland among the leafless trees. It struck me as hopeful, optimistic and patient.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 7”x5” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 10”x8”, frosted gold frame, with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
BEACH DREAMING FROM MADISON AVENUE - Original Painting - 12" x 17"
Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 12” x 17”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
In the earliest days of city-wide lock downs, the Los Angeles skies smelled of jasmine and were the most deep, clear periwinkle blue. That color wove its way through this collection of paintings.
In this particular piece, the shape of the street lamp and the blue color field joined to clearly create an ocean horizon. A lovely dreamscape. A portal.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 12”x17” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 16”x21”, frosted gold frame with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
DELICATE BUT DURABLE - Original Painting - 12" x 12"
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Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 12” x 12”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
What is it about Prague? It's strapped with all the weight and all of the glory of history. Caught between two worlds. I traveled there alone, years ago and fell in love. There is craftsmanship at every turn, artistry in every nook. It swirls with the glee of immense culture and is quieted by the wisdom of experience.
I love this light from Prague. Its Art Nouveau curves rendered in open ironwork are pretty and light weight. And yet, how long have they been there? What have they witnessed? I'm not sure, really. But I find these lights to be a reminder that small gestures are the framework on which we can thrive.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 12”x12” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 16”x16”, frosted gold frame with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
WHEN WE GATHER AGAIN - Original Painting - 18" x 8"
Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 18” x 8”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
I haven't been this ready to go out shopping in YEARS. Oh retail: our lovely brick-and-mortar shops where we dip into someone else's vision of an experience that will fill us with desire. Is Covid the death knell of experiential shopping? I say no! It's going to take some time, but we crave companionship and physicality beyond our homes. The retail experience will become more important than ever.
This light is from the Victorian-era Arcade Mall in Cleveland, Ohio. Opened in 1890, it is the oldest surviving mall in the United States. Look it up! It's GORGEOUS! Like Los Angeles' Bradbury building times 1000.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 18”x8” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 20”x10”, frosted gold frame with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
CLARITY, CALM AND FOCUS - Original Painting - 12" x 17"
Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 12” x 17”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
This cityscape painting is inspired by a street light on a quiet street in Pasadena. The ornate, moulded globe is unique in its design: stacked high like a ballerina's bun. I was intrigued by the complexity of the globe and decided to use a soft color palette. The result is a calming painting which possesses qualities of translucence and stoic femininity.
The gilded lantern reflects light and gives the impression the light is "turned on."
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series.
10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 12”x17” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 16”x21”, frosted gold frame with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
BALLOON RIDE FOR QUARANTINE - Original Painting - 11" x 14"
Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 11” x 14”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
I pulled over to snap a picture of this light on my way to visit my family. It was the first time I had driven in a few weeks, so that felt like an adventure!
This painting evolved over and over and over, but the yellow was persistent. You simply cannot feel sad looking at this painting. The roundness of the lantern lends a graphic quality and this painting became a party. It is my quarantine summer reverie on carnivals, county fairs and ice cold lemonades.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 11”x14” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 16”x18”, frosted gold frame with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
MISTY MOUNTAIN VISTA - Original Painting - 12" x 17"
Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 12” x 17”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
This colorful cityscape painting was inspired by a photo of a light (sent to me), seen while leaving home for a quick grocery run. This was in the very earliest days of the California lockdowns when the skies were crisp and clean. Up against the foothills in La Canada, it was still early Spring. The air was misty and the warm glow of these lanterns contrasted beautifully with the infamous purple-blue of the San Gabriel Mountains.
The gilded lantern reflects light and gives the impression the light is "turned on."
10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 12”x17” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 16”x21”, frosted gold frame with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.
DAYDREAMING OF DARK SKIES - Original Painting - 12" x 17"
Community Light Series
Acrylic, metal leaf on canvas. 12” x 17”. 2020.
View portfolio image of this painting here.
A highschool friend of mine sent me this photo of a light while on family vacation in McCall, Idaho. They are simple, unique and pink! I instantly fell in love.
It turns out that McCall, Idaho is a resort town full of outdoor activities. Which means this light makes perfect sense! The shape of the shade forces light down, preventing excess light pollution and making it Dark Skies compliant. Perfect for a natural paradise. McCall looks gorgeous. I think I'll be visiting.
This is an original acrylic and metal leaf painting on paper from Teale’s Community Light Series. 10% of the sale price of pieces from the Community Lights series will be donated to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund (part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation).
The work is 12”x17” on heavyweight, vellum-surface paper. Signed front. Signed and dated on back. This work is available framed or unframed.
To include a 16”x21”, frosted gold frame with UV filtered glass with your purchase, please select the “Framed” checkbox below. The panting will be float-mounted on archival materials, under UV filtered glass.
Please allow us 7 business days to package and ship your unframed order. Framed orders may experience a delay of up to 4 weeks due to supply chain interruptions.
Domestic shipping (United States) is complimentary. Please contact me for international shipping, or any other questions you may have.