About Me

Tessa Stanley grew up on a farm in Northern Alberta and currently resides in Fernie, BC.  After  completing an undergraduate & graduate degree and working in the health rehabilitation field for a number of years, she returned to University and completed a Fine Arts Diploma. Tessa has been a full-time artist / instructor since 2018. 

Tessa enjoys working with a variety of mediums, including oils, acrylic and watercolours to create landscape, portraits and still life paintings.  She also loves to hike, bike, cross country ski and travel with family and collects idea and plein air paintings as she goes.