the Artist

		The Paintings _______________________________________________________
Cattle Grazing Hagerman Valley oil on canvas, 12 x 20 inches		PASTORAL LANDSCAPES Peaceful scenes which show people at work or at play are consistent themes in Teater’s paintings. We often see mountain ponds as clear as glass…rolling hills that disappear in gentle curves over the horizon…picturesque farm houses and perfect gardens—where man lives in harmony with nature.
Cowgirl Portrait, 1941 oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches		PORTRAITS In the early 1940s Teater started his Jackson Hole Art Gallery in Wyoming where visitors from around the world commissioned him to paint their portraits. We know that the earliest portrait by Archie Teater is a 1930 painting of one of his sisters.
Sawtooth Range, Idaho oil on canvas, 30 x 50 inches		IDAHO LANDSCAPES From the high desert near his home above the Snake River in Hagerman Valley to mountain towns nestled below the alpine peaks of the Sawtooth Mountains in central Idaho, the artist never failed to find either the simple beauty of the land or the dramatic grandeur of nature.
Still Life – Flowers oil on canvas, 20 x 12 inches		FLOWERS Whether painting in the outdoors with natural light (plein air) or capturing a posed still-life, Teater’s paintings convey the uniqueness of the moment—almost as if the viewer can sense the presence of the artist as he freezes the moment forever on his canvas.
Domed Buildings, 1949 oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches		THE INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION Teater and his wife Patricia shared an unquenchable thirst for travel, often departing on extended trips to the far reaches of the world. Archie’s “International Collection” is like a road map that documents the many exotic landscapes and street scenes of the 115 countries he and his wife toured.
Fishing Boat, 1947 oil on canvas, 12 x 16 inches		WATERFRONTS Harbors with boats moored on quiet water and seascapes where the ocean is peaceful were common scenes in Teater’s work. He painted waterfronts from the coasts of New York and Maine, in addition to Monterey, California.
September in the Grand Tetons oil on canvas, 20 x 30 inches		THE TETONS Archie came to be known as “Teton Teater” because of his lasting love of Wyoming’s Grand Teton Mountains and for the many landscapes of this area that he painted throughout his career.
Mining Site on the River oil on canvas, 20 xo 30 inches		WESTERN SCENES The cowboys remind us that the “Old West” was part of the artist’s life. Many of Teater’s paintings recount his early life of mining and trail blazing in the Idaho and Wyoming mountains.
Central Park, New York, 1943 oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches		NEW YORK CITYSCAPES Teater attended the Art Students League in New York City in the mid 1930s, in addition to brief stays from 1941 through 1945. His cityscape paintings from this experience present the artist’s rather idyllic interpretation of street scenes, primarily in Central Park and lower Manhattan.
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