Tessa Holmes is a multidisciplinary artist who works primarily with oil paints, photography and food. Inspired most by the seasons and plants of Vermont, she often employs bold color and thick textures in a post-impressionistic manner to create an exaggerated view of the natural world around her.

 Being a professional photographer, and always with her camera, she finds the world a constant source of glorious readymade compositions to capture. Sometimes the photographs are beautiful enough on their own, but usually she prefers cutting up her prints to create new dreamscape collages or painting directly from the photographs using heavily applied paint to the canvas with only a pallet knife. She likes rich vibrant color and quick gratification. Joy, beauty and excitement are the goals.

A bird perched on a branch in blue and yellow with a strikingly red eye.
A landscape of a barn, painted in reds and greens. The sky is blue behind it.
Four cows, all close together on a grassy and green plain - The cows are painted in shades of tan and brown.
A forest path with trees growing over it, leaves scattered on the ground in yellows and greens
A pathway through overarching trees painted in greens and reds.
Photographic collage of a barn in spring and autumn, done in greens and pinks.
Photographic collage of a birch treeline with a blue sky behind, done in orange, red, and green.
Photographic collage of houses with a burning tree in the foreground. Done in browns and oranges.
A collage of photography depicting a view through the trees. Done in greens, oranges, and yellow.