Featured artist
Terry Houseworth
CA, USA
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Specialty Categories
Painting/Drawing - Landscape
ALTAIR CS8
Oil on Panel
15" x 30"
Oil on Panel
15" x 30"
Day at the Beach
Oil on Panel
9" x 12"
Oil on Panel
9" x 12"
Low Tide CS11
Oil on Panel
15" x 30"
Oil on Panel
15" x 30"
Artist Statement
After working many years as a graphic designer, I started painting landscapes in oils. Taking workshops with various local artists, I painted plein air for about ten years. Currently, I work primarily in the studio and my work is tending more towards realism. I now work almost exclusively on smooth surfaced Gessobord or wood panels.
The new work I'm doing now is part of a concept I started exploring a few years ago. I call it Crop Series and the only criteria is that each painting has a frame(s) in a frame. The internal windows contain the focal point and the most realistic treatment with more detail. All other areas are abstracted in some way.
By working this way I hope to achieve a feeling of depth while combining realism and abstraction together. I'm pulling from my graphic design, drawing, plein air, and realism experience for this project.
Each painting in this series will be numbered with a "CS" value in the name. I'm looking forward to experimenting with a variety of sizes, formats and textures within these loose boundaries.
Bio
Terry Houseworth is best known for his memorable last name (origin unknown). However, most locals know him for his captivating oil paintings. Terry is inspired by the simple act of painting straight from the heart, using paint to capture nature, scenery, and images that moved him most.
With a keen interest and plenty of practice, Terry learned two skills early in life; art and music. Starting with being self-taught and recognized for his artistic skills in high school, to an art degree, followed by a graphics career and business, and ending as a plein air and studio fine art painter. He has also been a musician for nearly his entire life.
As a full time artist, he is constantly exploring new ideas and methods in painting. Terry falls outside the confines of any particular artistic movement or period, but was significantly influenced by historic artists such as Syd Mead, Frank Frazetta, Richard Diebenkorn. His approach is twofold: “Even though I continually strive for more expressiveness in my work, I also prefer, proportions and perspective to be relatively accurate; then the application of paint can be more playful.”
After working many years as a graphic designer, I started painting landscapes in oils. Taking workshops with various local artists, I painted plein air for about ten years. Currently, I work primarily in the studio and my work is tending more towards realism. I now work almost exclusively on smooth surfaced Gessobord or wood panels.
The new work I'm doing now is part of a concept I started exploring a few years ago. I call it Crop Series and the only criteria is that each painting has a frame(s) in a frame. The internal windows contain the focal point and the most realistic treatment with more detail. All other areas are abstracted in some way.
By working this way I hope to achieve a feeling of depth while combining realism and abstraction together. I'm pulling from my graphic design, drawing, plein air, and realism experience for this project.
Each painting in this series will be numbered with a "CS" value in the name. I'm looking forward to experimenting with a variety of sizes, formats and textures within these loose boundaries.
Bio
Terry Houseworth is best known for his memorable last name (origin unknown). However, most locals know him for his captivating oil paintings. Terry is inspired by the simple act of painting straight from the heart, using paint to capture nature, scenery, and images that moved him most.
With a keen interest and plenty of practice, Terry learned two skills early in life; art and music. Starting with being self-taught and recognized for his artistic skills in high school, to an art degree, followed by a graphics career and business, and ending as a plein air and studio fine art painter. He has also been a musician for nearly his entire life.
As a full time artist, he is constantly exploring new ideas and methods in painting. Terry falls outside the confines of any particular artistic movement or period, but was significantly influenced by historic artists such as Syd Mead, Frank Frazetta, Richard Diebenkorn. His approach is twofold: “Even though I continually strive for more expressiveness in my work, I also prefer, proportions and perspective to be relatively accurate; then the application of paint can be more playful.”
