Self portrait completed after a ‘draining’ shift, 2019

Self portrait completed after a ‘draining’ shift, 2019

Tessa is both an artist and a nurse. As an artist, she specializes in traditional oil and acrylic painting, and as a nurse, she has worked primarily in burn and ICU.

PUBLICATIONS

LA Times, “Some healthcare workers turn to art to cope with COVID-10” 2021. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-02-22/healthcare-workers-coping-covid-pandemic-art

Miami Herald, “Her paintings tell the story of the brave nurses amid -19”, 2020

The Union Democrat, “Facing helplessness and fatigue, some health care workers turn to art to cope”, 2021

Beth Israel Lahey Health, “Healthcare workers are turning to art to cope”, 2021

The Horizon, “More than health care professionals: front-line responders reflect with their art”, 2021

Quad-City Times, “Nurses, the heart of health care”, 2021

Wyatt’s Wheels, children’s book illustration and cover, 2021

Scrubs Magazine, “Making for Good” 2020

Dickies Scrubs, Nurses Week with Tessa Moeller, 2020, Miami, FL

Dickies Scrubs, Dickies Doers: Trauma Nurse, 2020

Arteza Art Supplies, “Trauma Nurse: The Calm in the Chaos”, 2019

Jackson Memorial Hospital, Commission portrait of CEO, Miami, FL, 2019

Tampa Bay Times, “Female Persuasion”, 2017

Daytime News, WFLA Channel 8, United Nations Interview and live painting, 2017

Creative Loafing Tampa, “Femme Visual” 2017

St. Petersburg College Newspaper, “Visit the Downtown Center Mural” 2017

St. Petersburg College Mural Grant, St. Petersburg, FL, 2017

University of South Florida Mascot Portrait Grant, St. Petersburg, FL,2017

Creative Pinellas, Mural interview, 2016

Clay Center Mural Grant, St. Petersburg, FL, 2016

Blue & White News, “SPC’s Downtown Campus Mural started”, 2016

Special Recognition of Outstanding Art: Botanicals Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time, 2016

First Place:  10th annual Indie Excellence Award, 2016

First Place: “Book Cover Design – Fiction” for Cover Art of Novel, “The Magician”, 2015

“The Magician” by D.A. Pupa, 2014, Book Cover

 “Mt. Lebanon Magazine” Pittsburgh, PA, Cover

EXHIBITIONS

Metamorphosis: On Form and Experience, Percolate Gallery Pittsburgh, PA, 2018

Superfine! Art Show, New York City, NY, 2018

Unified, United Nations of Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, FL, 2017

Solo Exhibition, Morean Center for Clay, St. Petersburg, FL, 2017

Day of Discovery The Vinoy® Renaissance St. Petersburg, FL, 2017

La Gran Frida, St. Petersburg, FL, 2017

Chamber of Commerce Gallery St. Petersburg, FL, 2017

Female Persuasion, St. Petersburg, FL, 2017

Art and Politics, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg FL, 2016

The Candy Factory, St. Petersburg, FL, 2016

Go Big at Bloom, Shine Mural Festival, Bloom Art Center, St. Petersburg, FL, 2016

St. Petersburg Wine and Food Festival Live Painting, St. Petersburg, FL, 2016

Heroes vs. Villains in Film and Literature Art Show, Et Cultura Festival, St. Petersburgh, FL, 2016

PUBLIC ART

St. Peterburg College Mural, largest mural created by local artist, St. Petersburg, FL, 2017

The Clay Center of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL, 2017

The St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce Mural, assistant to Derek Donnelly, 2016

Mt. Lebanon High School Mural, Pittsburgh, PA, 2015