Written by These wonderful doodlewashes come to us from Teresa Robeson in Bloomington, Indiana (check out her website for all the places to find and follow her online!). She was born in Hong Kong, and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia when she was 8. Later, she moved to Delaware at age 25, then to Indiana when she was 28 and has lived in the Midwest for the past 23 years.
Teresa says, “I wasn’t that interested in art growing up, but took an art class in grade 11 and have been dabbling ever since, taking a course here and there to learn about techniques and processes. I received compliments and encouragement from some of the instructors who think I have innate talent, but it took almost 40 years for me to gain enough confidence to show my art to the general public.”
In 1986, she says she took the most fabulous trip to Europe and wished that she had thought to bring a sketch book along then, but was “young and chicken.” Though she did have the ultimate fun of turning 22 in Cannes, France! “These days,” she says, “I’m mostly settled except for the yen to take on yet another hobby the way some people take on stray cats.”
Teresa’s many hobbies include creating art, sewing, knitting, baking, making soap and paper, fretting about the state of the world and wasting time. Teresa says, “In my spare time (hahaha!), I like to laugh, eat, and sleep, not always in that order, and generally not all at once, although I’ve been known to laugh in my sleep.”
Born in 1964, she was lucky enough to view the first lunar landing and be raised on a healthy dose of Star Trek. She says, “This series of fortunate events turned me into a nerd/geek-girl who loves to write and read science fiction, science, and modern fantasy.”
She has a life-long love of children’s lit, having never really grown up. (yes! we never should!) Her stories and poems have appeared in publications for children and adults, such as Babybug, Ladybug, and Outdoor Indiana magazines. You can check out her Amazon author page here! Currently she’s working on learning the craft of illustration, hoping to illustrate her own books one day! (I’d say she’s ready now!)
Follow Teresa’s blog, One Good Thing, for daily smiles and wonderful things and be sure to follow her on Twitter! Thanks so much Teresa for all the smiles and beauty that you bring to the world and making people’s hearts smile. You keep us all forever young! And by sharing your amazing talent and daily inspiration, we too, will never grow up!
I”m a fan of Teresa’s work and she is a great encourager to would-be sketchers such as myself.
She is! Teresa just makes me smile super big. 😊😃
Oh, stop; you two are making me blush…or get a big head. I’ll let you know which when I try to walk through a door later. 😀
Haha! Can’t wait to see which it is! 😉
Blushing! Hubby is grateful it wasn’t an inflated head. 😀
Yay! Teresa’s been DOODLEWASHED! Love Teresa!
And I love you back, Jodi! 😀
<3
It was bound to happen sooner or later (or I would never stop bugging her!! hehe)
Reading your blogs always brings a smile to my day! 😀
Aww… thanks so much! What a wonderful thing to say. Thanks for reading friend! 😀
Of course! I’d like it so very much if you could glance over one of my pieces and see what you think of it. I’d like to write like you some day 😀
That’s nice of you so say! 😊Happy to take a look, you can reach me via my Let’s Connect link!
Omg thanks so much! but whats the Let’s connect link?
is it on your profile?
Doodlewash.com! 😉👍🏻
I just finished writing a new piece called “a dance with the devil” 😀
Love Teresa’s art! Her playful style of illustration always makes me smile! Wonderful to read more about her life, Charlie! YAY! :-)))
She’s pretty awesome that one! Glad you liked the feature! 🙂
I’m so honored to be Doodlewashed, Charlie! And, who knew I wasn’t already following you on Pinterest and G+? Remedying that now! xox my friend!
Yay… even brought people together who were already linked! Score! 😉
LOL!
I had t see those that have been featured so this is great! I enjoyed reading more about Teresa. I do enjoy her art and her daily musings!
Thanks Kari! So happy you found something new to love about Teresa! 😉
Love me some Teresa! Glad to read more about this talented lady’s life and work. Thanks!
Yay! Glad you liked the feature, Cynthia!
PS You forgot to say she practices on Jeopardy contestants, which I find super resourceful xoxoxo
There was seriously too much to share about this wonderful one and it was hard to edit it down… hehe… so thanks so much for adding that! 😉
Oh, I love the bears!! Love, love love it!!
Hehe…awesome Naomi!! Glad you like!
Wonderful illustrations Teresa! Thanks for posting Teresa’s fabulous story, Charlie!
Yay!! Glad you liked her feature Sharon!
Talented, funny, sweet = Teresa
Yes! That sums her up perfectly! 😃👍🏻
Teresa and her artwork are both so wonderful. She was one of the first people to encourage me daily when I started blogging. Her comments have really meant the world to me this past year. She is way talented! Beautiful piece on her work, Charlie! Thank you! And congratulations, Teresa! 💛💛💛💜💜💜💛💛💛
She’s such a sweet encourager (instigator? Hehe) Teresa is awesome!! ❤️😃So happy you liked her feature Laura!! 💜
You do a great job with all of your posts, Charlie!
So nice to read about Teresa’s background! She is so talented with a great sense of humor!
She makes me giggle and smile daily! It was an absolute honor to feature her!
Another well-deserved doodlewash! (k)
Yeah…Teresa is amazing! 👍🏻😃
Wonderful feature about such a multi-talented lady. She is always encouraging in both art and the laugh department, a real gem to follow. Thank you so much Charlie for the feature.
Isn’t she though?! So true and well said, Haunani! Glad you liked the feature! 😃