Ted works primarily in oil, but also in other media such as watercolor, egg tempera, ink, acrylic and pastel.
His interest in drawing and visual art goes back as far as he can remember. Both his mother Joan Howard Kutscher and grandfather John Tasker Howard (composer and musical historian ) were painters. He took up oil painting while in law school. Consistent production of pieces really began with the encouragement of Margaret and Eric Heffelfinger (Vashon Island artists and gallerists) in 1998.
Ted’s feet are held to the fire by his day jobs as an estate planning and tax lawyer and as a financial advisor in Seattle. He and his wife Susan have lived on Vashon Island since 1986 where they own a farmhouse built in 1897. Their daughter Ellen and son Will live and work in Seattle.
Born: March 2, 1956, Euclid Ohio
Gallery
Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle 2014-current
Silverwood Gallery, Vashon Island WA 1998-2013
Education
Secondary: Phillips Exeter Academy (1974)
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College (1978)
Graduate: University of Denver College of Law (1981); Golden Gate University (MS Taxation)
Art: Exeter, Dartmouth, Silvermine Arts, Gage Academy of Art
Professional
Partner, Kutscher Hereford Bertram Burkart PLLC
Principal, Kutscher Benner Barsness & Stevens, Inc.
Member of Washington State Bar Association
Certified Financial Planner CFP
Boards
Trustee, Gage Academy of Art in Seattle 2007-2017.
Finance committee, 4Culture, King County’s Cultural Development Authority 2013-present. Board member 2009-2015.
Updated September 2019
His interest in drawing and visual art goes back as far as he can remember. Both his mother Joan Howard Kutscher and grandfather John Tasker Howard (composer and musical historian ) were painters. He took up oil painting while in law school. Consistent production of pieces really began with the encouragement of Margaret and Eric Heffelfinger (Vashon Island artists and gallerists) in 1998.
Ted’s feet are held to the fire by his day jobs as an estate planning and tax lawyer and as a financial advisor in Seattle. He and his wife Susan have lived on Vashon Island since 1986 where they own a farmhouse built in 1897. Their daughter Ellen and son Will live and work in Seattle.
Born: March 2, 1956, Euclid Ohio
Gallery
Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle 2014-current
Silverwood Gallery, Vashon Island WA 1998-2013
Education
Secondary: Phillips Exeter Academy (1974)
Undergraduate: Dartmouth College (1978)
Graduate: University of Denver College of Law (1981); Golden Gate University (MS Taxation)
Art: Exeter, Dartmouth, Silvermine Arts, Gage Academy of Art
Professional
Partner, Kutscher Hereford Bertram Burkart PLLC
Principal, Kutscher Benner Barsness & Stevens, Inc.
Member of Washington State Bar Association
Certified Financial Planner CFP
Boards
Trustee, Gage Academy of Art in Seattle 2007-2017.
Finance committee, 4Culture, King County’s Cultural Development Authority 2013-present. Board member 2009-2015.
Updated September 2019