Bronze Sculpture for Sale
Painting : oil
106.7 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm 42 x 32 x 1 inch
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106.7 x 81.3 x 2.5 cm 42 x 32 x 1 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Artwork location: United States
This artwork masterfully captures a serene still life scene. Set against a muted backdrop, a collection of variously colored mugs and a pitcher are arranged on a crisp, white tablecloth. The composition employs a meticulous balance of color and form, with the objects positioned to guide the viewer's eye across the canvas. The subtle play of light and shadow enhances the depth and realism, giving the impression of quiet intimacy. Each cup and the pitcher offer distinct textures and hues, inviting closer inspection. The expansive empty space above the table emphasizes the simplicity and elegance of the arrangement. This painting excels in transforming ordinary objects into subjects of contemplation, highlighting the beauty in everyday life with remarkable precision and subtlety.
When an artist works with more conventional still life subjects, they focus primarily on the formal properties of the painting, such as color relationships, form, proportions, and other qualities typically associated with non-objective works. Still life offers the artist considerable freedom in these aspects of visual art, yet it retains the limitations of representation. It is a challenge that the artist enjoys exploring. Paintings.
Christopher Terry's paintings explore the tension between the everyday and the mystical. His subjects are primarily inspired by objects and artifacts that lack a strong ego and avoid connections to popular culture. He frames and illuminates this subject in a way that interprets still life as a secular altar where an ambiguous ritual takes place. The paintings resulting from this exploration are often both serene and meditative, yet also charged with anticipation. This tension is sustained by a rhythm that evokes the rhythm of memory and dreams. Paradoxically, for an artist like Terry, often considered a "realist," this rhythm arises more from invention and memory than from direct observation.
From Still Life paintings Series
Oil on canvas Unique artwork Signed and dated in the reverse.
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The Art Design Project - Art Gallery • United States
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Christopher T. Terry was born in Stamford, Connecticut and studied painting at Rhode Island College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has exhibited his work throughout the United States and is currently represented by galleries in Manhattan and Charlotte, NC. He is the recipient of numerous awards as a painter including the Utah Visual Artist Fellowship, and a WESTAF/NEA Fellowship in Painting. He has twice been the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for Teaching and Research in Germany and in 2000 was a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome.
Terry taught at universities in the U. S. and Germany and served for ten years as Associate Dean in the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University. He left academia in 2020 to work full-time as a painter.
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