By Jess Barranco (Whetstone Staff Writer)
Teresa Haman
Everywhere you look there is a possibility for something more. For one local artist, there is not only something possible in everything you do, but also something positive.
Delaware artist Teresa Haman introduced her art exhibit, “From Then to Now,†a series of 16 paintings and poetry chronicling the breadth of her work, in a lecture she gave to about 30 students and faculty at College Center 206.
The exhibit is displayed on the first floor of Parker Library.
Haman was raised in the small town of Ellendale, a short ride south of Wesley campus.
“Ellendale was a very small town and there was not a whole lot to do,†she said.
Rather than remaining in her small town and letting it get her down, Haman embraced the challenge of moving forward, “north of the canal,†where “problems became opportunities.â€
Teresa Haman
Haman does not remember when she started painting but she also can’t remember a time when she wasn’t.
She allows everything that she has experienced personally inspire her.
“I think of life as a chapter in a book and there are different roads in that book,†she said.
Some movements that affected her include the women’s rights, the civil rights, and the history of the Underground Railroad, where slaves were hidden on their way to freedom in the north.
Haman is working on completing an Underground Railroad collection of nearly two dozen paintings.
