Arising Essence

About Arising Essence

This contemporary abstract painting by Alice Teichert plays with colour and light.

The ethereal artwork of Alice Teichert has earned her the reputation of a fine artist on an international scale. She is highly regarded for her masterful use of light and colour—and her ability to use colour to suggest form. Teichert’s work has almost holographic depth—a result of using layers of translucent pigment. With this piece, a more subtle palette of aubergine, black and ghost-like flashes of white appear to pulsate with energy across the canvas. Curated lyrical lines add interest and motion. A single small bright pink dot designed to draw the viewer’s eye also provides a sense of scale. Bright yellow and orange borders frame the work.

The complex lacework of soulful elements in Alice Teichert’s art is rooted in a life spent embracing the arts—playing music, writing and drawing. Alice’s mother was an accomplished pianist, and once, while she was playing, an artist and family friend encouraged a 12-year-old Alice to draw the sound of her mother’s music. Teichert’s own poetic visual language is designed to evoke emotion and invite the viewer into another world.

“My work is all about the medium of thought — every scribble to me has a meaning, whether it’s subconscious or whatever. A good scribble goes a long, long way. It’s like a dance.” Alice Teichert

Alice Teichert was born in Paris, France, in 1959. She studied music, philosophy and visual arts in Belgium and France. Teichert’s degree in printmaking and subsequent work solidified a lifelong fascination with text, another signature element of her artwork.

Teichert moved to North America in the mid-1980s, living between New York City and Toronto. There, she met some of the most respected abstract expressionist artists of the time, including Jules Olitski and Kenneth Noland. Helen Frankenthaler, a major player in the history of American post-war painting, was highly regarded for her spontaneous approach and fluid, lyrical style and became a mentor to Teichert.

Since 1989, Alice Teichert has built an international career with over 40 solo exhibitions in Canada, France, Switzerland, Germany and Australia. The recipient of numerous awards, in 2024, she was inducted into the prestigious Royal Academy of Canadian Arts (RCA) in recognition of her exceptional contribution to the visual arts. Alice Teichert’s paintings are held in many private, corporate and public collections worldwide.