Terry is a Southern Californian native. She grew up loving the sunlight and luminous colors that are unique to the Los Angeles landscape. She enjoys bringing that bright palette to her plein air landscapes and still life paintings. Some of her landscapes are painted locally while others are from her travels as far away as Ireland. For her still life paintings she has incorporated many of her treasures that she has collected through her life and travels. She likes to add organic items like fruits and flowers to her paintings to show the transitory nature of all things. Terry’s work is representational with a strong impressionistic feel.

From a young age Terry loved to draw and create fashions. She thought she would be a clothing designer, but once she discovered painting she knew that she had to express herself through color. She is constantly striving to find just the right value and hue to capture the beauty that she sees in everyday life. It is very important to her to share with the viewer a special moment in time that has touched her; she hopes it touches you as well. Painting is like air and food for her. It is a basic requirement of her life.

Terry received her art degree from California State University of Northridge. She studied background painting for animation and fine arts at the Associates in Art School, L.A. Figurative Arts and Chouinard School of Fine Arts. She has worked as an illustrator, background painter and muralist.

Terry is an award-winning artist and has participated in many juried exhibitions and group shows. She is an exhibiting member of the Valley Artists Guild, the San Fernando Valley Art Club, and the Oil Painters of America.

Terry accepts commissions. Email her for details at romeropaul@aol.com