Tess Rumley Biography

Tess Villegas-Rumley 


Tess Villegas-Rumley is a Filipino artist  whose  talent  she  believes is purely a gift
from  God.  At an early age, she knew she’s been endowed with such an awesome
talent, but it was only when she reached thirty that she seriously started to explore
and unravel the richness  of her creativity and  imagination.  She does portraits and
creates  mostly  flowers,  landscapes  and  seascapes.  Oil  and  Oil pastel are her
favorite media.

She had conducted  3  solo  art exhibits.  The  first one was in 2001 entitled: God’s
Gifts;  the  2^nd  was in 2004 entitled “Paradise” and the 3^rd one was in 2005 entitled
 “Bits  &  Pieces. ” Those  were  all  exhibited  in  the  Philippines.

In  2002,  she  was  privileged to be commissioned by George Quine,  an Australian
philantropist  to  do  a 3’x 50’  mural depicting a countryside scenery in the country.

For  3  years  that she has been living in Hawaii she has created pieces of artworks
on  canvas,  t-shirts,  and  Hawaiian  koa  wood depicting God's wondrous creations
such as the amazing creatures  “HONUS” ( sea turtles) of the Island.

Tess Villegas Rumley, is a B.A. Literature graduate of the University of St. La Salle,
Bacolod  City,  Philippines.  Surely,  her  literary background has greatly influenced
her passion  on visual arts.  The  stories  and poems  she creates  are  spoken and
written through the artworks she paints on canvas!

It is her wish that in sharing her gift to  the world,  her  artworks will speak LIFE and
bring JOY to the hearts of her fellow human creatures.

Tess and her husband, Ron Rumley, who is also an artist, are the owners
of Rumley Art & Frame.