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Jack Terry |
 Jack's
maternal grandfather was a rancher and a cowboy who rode on some of
the last great cattle drives out West. His paternal grandmother
was a painter who vividly captured the people and landmarks of Texas.
From his earliest childhood days, Jack Terry found himself immersed in
the worlds of both cowboys and canvases. And from the age of
three, he worked to perfect the talent that has made him one of
America's most honored Western artists.Young Jack was just a toddler when he began drawing side-by-side with his grandmother while she painted. By the time he was nine, he had developed his own special style. "I did a still like of an old cow skull, a boot of my grandfather's, and a Mexican serape, and entered it in the Scurry County Fair. I won a blue ribbon on it!" That became the first of more than 130 awards Jack Terry won by the age of 16 for his still lifes, landscapes and Western art. He credits Melvin Warren with helping him to perfect his understanding of both human and equine anatomy, and James Boren with assistance on landscape painting, while Edouard Cortes fascinated the young artist with hi methods of capturing light on canvas. Says Terry of his association with Cortes, "He painted Paris street scenes and I learned a great deal from his work. In fact, we showed in the same gallery in Austin. I've always been fascinated by the French use of light, reflection and shadow, which has influenced even my western art and techniques." Terry's big break came at age 26 when he was named bicentennial Artist in Texas. That led to a one-man exhibit in the Texas Rotunda, and a commission to paint the late President Lyndon B. Johnson for publication on the Texas Bicentennial Calendar. Many of Terry's paintings are inspired by the places he has visited and people he has met. "A lot of my subjects are friends as well as various ranches that friends own. I still like to go out and ride and work cattle. We go on trail drives and round-ups, which provide the perfect opportunity to take lots of pictures. Then I paint my favorite scenes and feature my friends." One of Terry's admirers, six-time PRCA World Champion cowboy Larry Mahan is among many passionate collectors of Jack Terry's art. As he says, "Terry captures the West the way it was and the way it should be. He is one of the finest artists of our day and a pretty good cowhand to boot. His horses, cowboys and landscapes are as good as it gets." Jack Terry's paintings hang in prominent collections throughout the world including The King Ranch, Exxon-Mobil, actor Burt Reynolds, Dick Clark, country singer Travis Tritt, PGA Champion Hal Sutton, Governor Ann Richards, the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and President George W. Bush Jack was the featured artist for the San Antonio Livestock Show and Exposition for four years in a row. He has also completed this third painting in a series for the Former Texas Ranger Foundation as a fund-raiser for their new History and Education Center in Kerrville. Today, Jack and Mary Terry reside in Georgetown, Texas. Jack spends as much time as possible at this 250-acre ranch - which Terry calls his "little piece of heaven" - just north of Georgetown, where they raise cattle, horses and exotic deer. |
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