Terry Willis

Terry Willis has been drawn to painting since 1974 when she joined the Navy and began to paint landscapes and seascapes of duty stations on both coasts and in Iceland. Most of this early work has been sold and is no longer available.

Terry Willis has been drawn to painting since 1974 when she joined the Navy and began to paint landscapes and seascapes of duty stations on both coasts and in Iceland. Most of this early work has been sold and is no longer available.

Terry Willis has been drawn to painting since 1974 when she joined the Navy and began to paint landscapes and seascapes of duty stations on both coasts and in Iceland. Most of this early work has been sold and is no longer available.

As a self-taught artist, her style has evolved and progressed. She began painting professionally in 2008 and switched from acrylics to oils in 2009.

Terry grew up in Iowa along the Mississippi River. She located to Utah in 1980 after her years in the Navy. Here she was moved by the rugged canyons, peace and solitude found in the wild canyons. She knew she had found her home. She has lived in the Price Utah area for over 40 years.

Working as a professional river guide, she shared these places with her clients, seeing firsthand how a little desolation and solitude can change people’s lives. Now she explores the deserts and mountains on her bike with camera always in hand.

Terry brings this passion to her paintings. She strives to capture a moment as light and shadow play across canyons, rivers and ridges. In each creation she works to express the feeling of being alone and at peace in an incredible but real place. Viewing her paintings is like a little respite in the wilderness.

Terry's studio is in Price, Utah. Living with her husband, together they enjoy exploring the wild country of the Colorado Plateau and beyond. Each painting has a story behind it that goes hand and hand with the adventures they share.

Terry has been in four galleries. These include Lisa Chamberlain's Gallery Helper, Contemporary Art And Design SLC, Wohler”s Art and Framing SLC, and Trackside Gallery Helper. She has had two solo shows at the J & Jeanne Wagner Jewish Center, three solo shows at the Prehistoric Museum and on at Gallery East USU Eastern Campus. She has been invited to many other shows as a participant. Terry has been at the Utah Arts Festive, Durango Arts Festival, Sedona Arts Festival as well as many others. She has been the Featured Artist at the Las Lagunas Art Gallery in California. She was the featured artist in the recent Smithsonian Rural Communities exhibit at the USU-Eastern Campus this January

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Capturing the profound beauty that surrounds us is the focus of my art. I spend time in outdoors truly seeing what the changing light and weather that can do to transform an ordinary scene into one of magic. Each painting is an effort to seize the moment of awe-inspiring beauty. It is a process to give depth to the scene and allow the viewer to truly enjoy that interpretation of my experience for themselves and to give it their own meaning.