Tangled Up in Blue

Gina Tecson earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drawing and painting at the Academy of Art University, in San Francisco. She specializes in oil paintings, often concentrating on cityscapes. Her work is known for being highly textured and created using only a palette knife.  

The highlight of her exhibition was a piece for the Food and Wine Magazine Award Show at the de Young Museum, in San Francisco.  She has exhibited nationally at venues such as: Principle Gallery in Virginia, CW Gallery of Fine Art in Arkansas, Cortile Gallery in Massachusetts, and Upstream People Gallery in Omaha.  Locally, her work has been represented at: Edward Montgomery Fine Art Gallery, Petri's Fine Arts, STUDIO Gallery, Smith Gallery, Chico Art Center, and Santa Cruz Art League. 

Gina was recently featured in Artist Portfolio Magazine, Issue 16.  She received a special recognition award in 2008 from the Upstream People Gallery Contemporary Art Competition. In 2006, she won 1^st place in the landscape category at the Academy of Art Annual Juried Spring Show.