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Born
1943 - Romford, Essex
Terry started painting for self-satisfaction; his subjects were
portraits, racing-cars and dogs. He experimented with water-colour and
acrylics and then tried oils. Terry explains that this was a turning
point in his career as he found the expressive freedom of working in
paint that stayed workable for days. A second breakthrough came when he
used oils to paint landscapes. By popular demand, he turned professional
and for many years has enjoyed run-away success.
Terry attended art school at Hornsey but his unique and distinctive
style was inspired by, the renowned artist, Charles Lifar. It is
characteristic of Terry Evans that he openly acknowledges the debt that
he owes to the older artist. But Terry has taken the approach further
and developed it into a style uniquely his own.
A "Terry Evans" is much more detailed, and crisper in technique, than
his mentor's work. Not only does Terry Evans wield his palette knife
with aplomb but he also adds fine subtle touches with a thin long-haired
sable.
Terry generously loads the canvas with oil paint, lavishly applied with
gusto. The canvasses groan under the weight of his impasto sculptured
landscapes. The penny-pinching disciplines of formal fine art training
are completely unobserved.
He has also added his own subject preferences to the style. The
paintings tell of a wilderness with running water, glades, rocks, pools,
mountains, trees and flowers.
Terry’s paintings are of unspoilt nature in the raw. Not even an old
rotting fence-post is allowed to spoil these landscapes. Nowhere in a
Terry Evans will you find a trace of Mankind.
He has exhibited in his own one-man shows in Langres Gallery, New York,
Stavanger Norway, Rubens Gallery Miami, Singapore, London and elsewhere.
His pictures are collected by a wide public, among others the Russian
Ambassador to London, Barclays Bank and the Queen of Ghana, Saudi
Arabia.
The Queen gave him a personal gift of an 18 carat gold pen and pencil
set when he delivered her paintings! |
Original Paintings Currently
Available
Summer River £475
Summer River £475
Autumn River £1095
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