Butterfield Garage is home to 30 local professional artists and artisans in St. Augustine. For July we are welcoming two new Artists to the gallery. Both t. e. siewert and Per Hans Romnes will be on hand during First Friday artwalk, to meet and discuss their unique processes.
Teri Siewert works in cold wax and encaustics, creating dreamlike landscapes that verge on abstracts. Teri Settled in to exploring the properties of bees wax 8 years ago. Wax can be scraped, inscribed, collaged, molded, sculpted, textured and used with many other mediums. It continues to peak her imagination and allows her to recapture a naive sense of wonder about life. Teri’s work invites the viewer to share a moment of time to explore thoughts of nature, secrets, times and places that we dream of or wish for. The viewer can reconnect to the possibilities of love and nature and all that is life in its true essence.
image: Beyond Words -cold wax and oil 12 X 12”

Per Hans Romnes is a St. Augustine based fine art photographer and photographic educator. He is currently teaching as an Adjunct Photography Instructor at the Southeast Center for Photographic Education on the Daytona State College Campus. He holds a BS Degree in Art Education from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an MFA Degree in Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design. After teaching photography for over 30 years, Per is still exploring new techniques in both traditional darkroom and digital images.
This limited edition Triptych image is titled “Memories of the Sea” and is mounted on three 8 x 8 wooden panels with a hand applied textured surface.
Image: Memories of the Sea triptych