Today’s Artwork, Tomorrow’s Heirlooms

Distinctive Artwork

An original idea married with a desire for excellence begins the process of creating great artwork.

With a solid educational foundation and quality materials, Teresa makes your dreams become reality through great care and painstaking attention to detail. Let’s take a journey through what separates ordinary painting from a “Satola original.”

An Education in Artistry

Teresa Satola is a classically trained artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Costume. It is said, “you cannot give away what you do not yourself possess.” Teresa is proud to teach classes in the Old Master’s technique of oil painting to adults and children. She is also gifted in developing the artistic visions of her students in the mediums of drawing, watercolor, and colored pencil.

Contact Us

Clients can contact Teresa in a number of convenient ways.  We recommend e-mail as the quickest and most efficient method as attachments can be included in the correspondence.

Email:

info@teresasatola.com

Mailing Address:

P. O. Box 246

Lithopolis, OH  43136

Phone:  1-614-203-4451

We look forward to hearing from you.  International orders are welcome.

The Finest Materials for the Finest Portraits

A Satola original features the finest art materials available today.  Teresa’s exceptional oil paintings utilize only Belgian portrait linen for its heirloom value and extended life.  Many of Teresa’s clients plan on commissioning an heirloom for future generations to enjoy, and they appreciate her expertize in being forthright about using the finest materials.  The best portrait artists will share these small but significant details with heir clients.  This is but one of the reasons why savvy clients insist on a Satola original.

Your portrait deserves the brightest and most permanent overall colors.  For this reason, Teresa uses only the finest paints available with the Maroger medium.  This rare and costly medium gives your subjects an “inner glow: as is seen in the works of the Old Masters such as DaVinci, Titian, Elgreco, Vemeer and others.

The rich, vibrant colors of your most cherished classic artists began with an Old Master’s techniques called an “underpainting”, or umber drawing.”  Using Maroger medium, this time-consuming, raely seen foundational step is still used today in Satola originals.  This lays the groundwork for producing the same brilliant timeless colors your portrait demands.

The artistry of a “Satola original”

Teresa is known for her ability to guide her clients through the process of commissioning a piece of art. If you’re not comfortable with how the process works, you’re not alone. Teresa has seen this time and time again, but her patient style and ongoing dialogue throughout the entire process makes for a very enjoyable experience.

Some artists will work completely from a submitted image. Teresa knows better, which is why she asks for multiple images and learns a great deal about her subject before beginning. This is what separates those who paint from a picture and those who capture the essence of a subject producing heirloom-quality artwork. From portraits to church commissions and other subjects, these are the steps that must be followed to create the highest quality private commissions. This is what must be done to produce a “Satola original.”

When you are ready to turn your dreams into reality, contact us to begin discussing your ideas with Teresa Satola.

Career Highlights

•Collaboration with world renowned doll and teddy bear artist Linda Henry Boving in creating some costume designs for Linda’s creations for Knickerbocker and Disney (and Annette Funicello).

•Design work for “The Pride and the Prejudice” for PBS

•Leonard Nimoy, Twelfth Night, Pittsburgh Public Theatre

•“Second Day Cancellation Stamp” in 1997 for the U.S. Post Office in Lyons, OH 1998 Prayer Card Design, National Shrine of the Little Flower, Darien, IL

•Logo work for the Catholic Charismatic Center in Columbus, OH

•Costume design for “Macbeth,” Edinburgh Fringe Festival

•Desmond Healy, Center Stage, Baltimore

Classes

•Taught classes at Catonsville Community College, University of Maryland and Western Maryland College.

•Ongoing instruction at Wagnalls Memorial Library, where Teresa is known as “the art teacher in residence.”

Shows

•“Honoring the Centenary Year of St. Therese,” 1997, Rockefeller Center, New York City

•Exhibition of Satola originals, Groveport Town Hall, December, 2004

•“The Art of Costume,” March 4th-29th, 1997, Fairfield County District Library

Publications

•“Stamping Arts and Crafts,” November/December, 1999

•“Doll Castle News,” December, 1999

•“Little Flower lives again through local artist”, The Catholic Times, December 28, 1997

•“Art Students To Display Work,” cover, The Wagnalls Memorial, June/July, 2002

•“Pope John XXIII Church celebrates Mass, blessing”, images featured in cover story, The Catholic Times, May 23, 2004

•“Satola’s picture paints a thousand words for parish,” The Catholic Times, May 5, 2002

•“My Spiritual Pilgrimage to Italy,” Pope John Post, January, 2005

•“St. Mary of the Assumption in Lancaster unveils Luminous Mysteries” The Catholic Times October 2005

•“Sacred art,” mentioned in letter to the editor, The Catholic Times, February 26, 2006

Awards

•Selected to paint the official portrait of St. Therese of Lisieux for the National Shrine of the Little Flower

•“Best of Show,” Fairfield County Fair, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2009

•Letter of appreciation from Pope John Paul II, 1999