wire sculpture | graphics | mixed media

teal is a mixed-media visual artist from Bozeman, Montana. The protege of artist Tina DeWeese, she began sculpting wire at age 10. For the next 18 years, Young found professional success as a sculptor in Bozeman and in a number of cities across the nation. In 2016, an unexpected hiatus from sculpting prompted teal to begin exploring digital art. She has since worked with local and national businesses, state politicians, and had political pieces featured in international news publications. teal has since resumed her wire sculpting with new intensity, and now incorporates carpentry and recycled materials into many of her pieces. In spite of her broadening media and subject matter, however, she continues to sculpt her much-loved wire horses.

teal began her career focused on portraying and amplifying the beauty around her. As she developed her sculpting style, she first sought to replicate the beauty and seeming improbability of the equine form; the thrilling balance of delicate grace and functional power set her creativity alight. As a young artist, her passion for horses was sufficient to inspire her. However, after being sidelined for nearly a decade by a catastrophic illness, teal has returned to the art world with a new motive for creation, and works in her private collection now reflect the rawness of the human experience. 

teal's artistic process is rooted in feeling. Often, she meditates for long periods on all or part of each piece. She actively seeks to create pieces that feel physically improbable, and at times this challenge is as much a mathematical, architectural one as it is creative.

Once a creation is manifested physically, teal finishes her creative process by releasing it. Her pieces rarely remain in her home or studio for long. No matter how they look on the outside, they very often become vessels for her pain. By transforming her pain into something beautiful and expressive, teal strives to end the cycle of pain through art.