Teala Marie makes moves in the world of henna as she designs her own platform of opportunity, Miss Henna Marie, as an artist and entrepreneur in Chicago. As a female artist, Teala shines an ancient light of inspiration as she intertwines the intricate beauty of time captured in henna designs. Through her business, Miss Henna Marie, Teala embraces the power of her amplified imagination and designs creations on human skin.
Miss Henna Marie has the soul of a gypsy infused with a brave artist full of courageous gifts and insights. Teala works as her own boss. She started her own henna design business, Miss Henna Marie, in 2017 and gratefully looks forward to the New Year in 2019. Teala has taken her designs across the country while her boyfriend's band went on tour out west. "In the summer of 2017 I was confident enough to leave my day time job and pursue my passion for Henna full time," said Teala, "I had countless events lined up and I made the leap to take my craft seriously. It was my most successful summer that built my brand and got my name out there. I couldn’t be happier". For the wondrous and curious, henna is a plant based material mixed with essential oils to create a paste with the ability to stain. "Mahboob Salon in Naperville supplies me with the best all natural, high quality henna. They make it fresh for me every time and I have such a great relationship with the owners and employees. A truly wonderful business. Plus, if I purchase enough Henna I gain point to get my eyebrows threaded, who wouldn’t love that," said Teala. Teala has a consistent flow of clients and weaves a busy pattern for future events. "I have worked at countless festivals, events, yoga studios, boutique shops, and in-home parties. Each year it grew bigger and bigger," said Teala, "I first began my journey as a Henna Artist in 2014 at Summer Solstice Indie Music and Craft Beer Festival in Yorkville, Illinois. Since then, this path has paved a way for many new and exciting opportunities". The human body is a canvas for Miss Henna Marie. "What began as an experimental art form for festivals has become my livelihood," said Teala, "Using the body as my canvas and natural materials as my medium, I have been able to design works of art with a lifespan". Teala has an acute focus to detail when it comes to designing henna tattoos. Her soul remains present and pulls threads of intelligence together from alternate dimensions as she creates each individual henna design. Teala travels the creative realm to create a life of her dreams. She travels to the west coast to infuse private parties, coffee shops, yoga studios, and other events with her ancient form of art. Henna Designs by Teala Marie offers custom temporary tattoos with an ancient medium, whether it is a special event like a festival, street fair, bridal or baby shower. "Traditionally, when henna is used as a body art it has organically, detailed line work with intricate patterns and symbols," said Teala, "When I picked up a cone of henna for the first time it became very natural for me to create designs that could impress my customers". "I believe what sets me apart are my larger designs. In the summer I have many customers wanting full leg, full arm, or both feet," said Teala, "The bigger works really seem to shock my viewers, and it is such a creative challenge for me". The transcendence of henna allows the wearer to appreciate this form of art as a fading memory. "For me, the Henna’s lifespan is my favorite part," said Teala, "The movement of the body, the shapes and contours it creates- the way it has an ombre effect staining from dark to light. As it begins to fade the memories of its creation are brought back to life. Its spirit disappears into your body and you are a blank canvas ready to create again." Teala shines as a divine, generous, wondrous, gypsy traveling soul transcending time with her divine, feminine energy, intelligence, and henna designs. Check out her next event here. Book an appointment with Miss Henna Marie today and feel the elegance of wearing ancient body tattoos. Teala's design translates to an organic language of healing and embracing the divine flow of the feminine. - Sarah Opat, writer for Talking Stones Pricing:
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A word from the henna artist // Teala Marie: "I am a Henna Designer offering up custom designs at a wide range of events, festivals, appointments, and parties. I specialize in original designs. Many of my customers tell me to go for instead of picking out a specific design. They enjoy seeing what my mind comes up with in that moment. They are fascinated by how quickly I work and how steady my hand is. It makes me feel very proud having customers come back countless times for new designs. It lets me know they appreciate the work and are getting good results." - Teala Marie, founder/creator of Miss Henna Marie
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Chicago visual artist, Sergio Gomez paints the cycles of life utilizing the human figure mixed with washed hues of emotion in his exhibit, “Observations” at ACS Gallery, Zhou B. Art Center in Bridgeport this fall 2018.
Gomez travels with his work internationally. The exhibit, “Observations” remains part of the larger, series “Cycles of Life”. The larger series has exhibited internationally in four museums, Mexico (Cuernavaca and Queretaro), Romania, and Italy. “This series represents the ending of a chapter,” said Gomez, “These paintings have traveled across the world with me, along with the changing seasons”. As the year transitions forward, the international series comes to a close. “Chicago remains this exhibit’s fourth and final location,” said Gomez. “Observations” ties up the stencil series for Gomez. The collection demonstrates the cycles of life from 2000 to 2018. Introspection in the mind’s eye remains the focal point for this series. Gomez makes his mark on this series with repetition using stencils as flowers inside the minds of individuals on canvas. He pours a pure mixture of soul and emotion into his creations. “I am throwing away my stencils after this series,” said Gomez, “I wanted to show how one idea can be done in different ways, transitioning through multiple seasons. Now, I am ready to move forward”. This series allows Gomez to create a temporary space of introspection inside a force of nature, improving the gaze upon the concept of life. Each piece overloads the viewer with sacred, organic geometric flowers infused with capturing the human experience. The texture Gomez releases onto the canvas remains forgivingly, ground breaking and humbling. Each painting drips with emotion and observational introspection on the self. The endeared focal point of the human figure has no defiance of race or age other than pure, natural existence. The exhibit, “Observations” challenges the act of introspection and demonstrates the cycles of life. Gomez drives the idea of inception and acceptance of blossoming reality to inspire his creations. “I find myself painting my own figure. I can almost trace my own likeness,” said Gomez. He paints the existential experience of organic transitions of life infused with emotion. The artist adds a transcendental wash of meditative colors in the background of his paintings. The auras of the human figures emit existential emotional bliss. Gomez said, “This series involved a heavy flow of water and drips for texture.” Gomez takes the viewer through the essence of time and captures the organic energy of the human experience embedded with flowers. The male figures in his paintings represent himself through inception involving the repetitive force of nature and use of shadow. Gomez captures the essence of stillness in time tied to flowers inside the Jedi mind of human connection. Gomez paints a captured moment, released with layers and drips of emotion onto raw canvas. The energy of each painting emits a divine washed away background of color mixed with a focal point of human perspective. Gomez has a way with creating texture using stencils to create paradoxical flowers and drips of elegance. “Sergio has a connection with expressing his emotions through art as a male,” said gallery representative and Director of ACS Gallery, Renee LaVerne Rose, “To express emotion through art amazes me, as a woman.” “The energy is bigger than life in his exhibit, Observations,” said LaVerne Rose, “Sergio is incredibly humble. If you see his work, you can see how he has evolved”. This series blooms with introspection and organically shows the transitioning seasons of the self. As the exhibit, “Observations” peels off the walls at the Zhou B. Art Center; the artist brainstorms his next idea. Find and talk to Gomez at his next art exhibit happening on every third Friday at the Zhou B. Art Center on the fourth floor. - Written by Sarah Opat for Talking Stones. |
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