Artwork by

Teresa Herd

My Journey

Tcherd@gmail.com

617.875.3126

I have always found the human form captivating – the beauty, intricacy, emotions, and struggles. It all fascinates me. To pursue this passion, I earned a degree in Medical Illustration from the Rochester Institute of Technology. After, I dedicated my professional life to advertising and branding, which I truly enjoyed.

Alongside my career, my love for fine art never faded, and I painted throughout my life. I was in touch with my high school art teacher a couple years ago and she advised me "not to limit myself to the canvas", a suggestion I initially found absurd since I was inherently an illustrator. I had no idea what was to come.

Upon moving to Moab, I encountered a tumbleweed for the first time since childhood and was immediately enamored by its freedom, wild nature, and abundance. Surprisingly, I discovered that my affection for tumbleweeds was not widely shared; most people viewed them as a burden. This realization inspired me to blend my passion for the human form and maybe change people’s perceptions about tumbleweeds…I realize this is a stretch!

*I collect only deceased native plants from the area, and I hope you appreciate this unique combination.

Fanrong

Size: 26"w x 18"h

Materials: Recycled clay.

Tall Tumble Mustard

Inspired by my travels to china, I created "Fanrong"

(prosperity) with beauty and strength.

Zuri (Beauty)

Size: 26"w x 18"h

Materials: Recycled clay.

Tall Tumble Mustard

Probably my most beautiful face that I have created. Giving reason for her name, Zuri.

This Guy

Size: 10"w x 20"h

Materials: Recycled clay,

Siberian Elm, Bristleleaf Sedge

Inspired by every man in Moab.

Joesph

Size: 6"w x 15"h

Materials: Recycled clay.

Broomsedge Bluestem

I tried a lot of hair styles on this face. I enjoy the contrast between the solom face and the excited hair.

Sight & Voice

Size: 9"w x 13h each

Materials: Recycled clay

Mormon Tea & Unknown Grass.

All smiles

Size: 9"w x 18

Materials: Recycled clay

Thread

Brighten up

Size: 5"w x 11"h

Materials:

Recycled clay.

Galleta Grass

Marty

Size: 6"w x 8"h

Materials:

Recycled clay.

Galleta Grass

Moves like

Size: 6"w x 8"h

Materials:

Recycled clay.

Galleta Grass

Transgression

Size: 6"w x 7"h

Materials:

Recycled clay.

Dobbs

Size: 30"w x 22"h

Materials: Recycled clay.

Tall Tumble Mustard

Cranky Babe

Size: 9"w x 16"h

Materials: Recycled clay.

Side Oats Grama

We think of babies as happy. Let's face it, they

spend half their time crying, especially when you

put a tumbleweed on his head.

Her Majesty

SOLD

Size: 18"w x 32"h

Materials: Recycled clay.

Tumbleweed

Maybe this is the Queen. If it is, I gave her an appropriate "peruke" fit for a queen. Also traveling down is the red of her bloodline.

Abe

SOLD

Size: 9"w x 7.5"h

Materials: Recycled clay.

Old Brother

SOLD

Size: 5"w x 11"h

Materials:

Recycled clay.

Sweet grass

Thread

I love this "Old Brother". The

years have left him pensive and

mourning his past.

Young Brother

SOLD

Size: 5"w x 11"h

Materials:

Recycled clay.

Sweet grass

Thread

She

SOLD

Size: 20"w x 20"h

Materials: Recycled clay.

Tall Tumble Mustard

She did not start out as she. She was he, but then ended up as she. She was also my first mask that helped me know that I had stumbled on something interesting.

Oh tumbleweed,

Gentle traveler,

Rolling 'cross the dusty ground,

You carry memories of a distant past,

The tales of distant towns.

Rugged and brown,

Your thorns like daggers,

Your freedom of the wind,

You're a traveler of a different kind,

Roaming where you please.

You go where the wind takes you,

Your journey is unknown,

Your home is the tumbleweed

As your heart is made of stone.

You journey through the wastelands,

Your thorns protecting you,

Your spirit of the wild,

Your will never subdued.

Tumbleweed, you are a wanderer,

Your story will never end,

You are in search of something,

Though what it is, only you know.

Tumbleweed,

Gentle traveler,

Rolling 'cross the dusty ground,

You carry memories of a distant past,

The tales of distant towns.

—Mesopotamia.ai

Recognition

Recognition and awards

• AdAge Creative 50 People.
  
• Beautiful Thinkers. Teresa Herd
  
• Fast Company: The Two-Week Race To Design The Biggest Protest In U.S. History
• AdAge: Internal agency of the year
  

• Clios x 14
• Cannes Lions x 11
• D&AD x 2
• Webby x 4
• One Show x 5
• Emmy Nominated
  

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