Teresa Garland Warner has lived and worked in Missoula, MT since 1991 with her husband and two daughters. As a Texas native, she showed great promise as a young artist, receiving awards such as first place in drawing at the Dallas Scholastic Art Show and exhibiting at the University of Dallas Art Competition. A busy almost 30-year career in medicine followed college and medical school, although she has always maintained her work in art. She retired from the medical field in 2009 to pursue her passion for painting full time. Her degree earned at Texas Tech University, included studies in life drawing and watercolor. In recent years, Teresa has pursued art studies in national workshops, juried into many shows, auctions, societies, exhibitions, and leagues all over the country, and has paintings in private collections. Teresa is inspired by western landscape and enjoys working en plein air. She loves the sense of light, especially at dawn and dusk, the resulting colors, and aerial perspective. She focuses on the way painting pulls her into the current moment, as well as the journey she has while creating her works.