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Artist Statement:
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Terri Woodward Biography:
| Biographical information for Terri Woodward can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Age
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35
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
3
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Surrealism - (1924 - 1955)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Colette Calascione, Kathie Olivas
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
The images Terri paints come to her usually just before she falls asleep....when she's beginning to dream, but still has some control to manipulate what she sees. She believes they come from her subconscious - a combination of memories from the distant and not so distant past, as well as from feelings and emotions she is experiencing at the time. In the beginning, the meanings of these images are unclear. As she paints, some meanings become realized while others remain a mystery. And some evolve into something else entirely. While painting, she continues to add new elements in order to create visual interest and enhance the mood her painting evokes.
The large, overexaggerated eyes are the focal point of the majority of her paintings, meant to draw the viewer in and capture the emotions and personalities of the subjects in light of the circumstances in which they find themselves. They speak more with their eyes than their mouths, which are considerably smaller in comparison, demonstrating a limited or even a lack of ability to speak or to be heard. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Terri Woodward was born in 1971 in a small town in California. She has been a Southern California resident most of her life, although some of her childhood years were spent in Washington state and Oregon. She was an only child, imaginative and artistic from an early age. Much of her time was spent alone, either playing in the woods near her home, reading, or drawing.
In 1990 she began attending the University of California Irvine, where she studied under other artists such as Judie Bamber and Gifford Myers. She graduated in 1994 with a bachelor's degree in studio art, focusing in drawing, ceramic sculpture, and painting.
Terri was married to her husband, Dwight, in 1996. A year and a half later, they had their first son. In 2000 their second son was born, and a third son came along in 2001. From 1994 to 2006, no significant works were produced, as she chose to put all her focus into her growing family. She instead used her creative energy to design and make quilts for her children and as gifts for others. In the spring of 2006 she started an online business called Cuddlebugs Quilts, selling her handmade quilts and other items for babies and small children.
In the summer of 2006 at the urging of a friend, she bought her first sketchbook in 12 years. She returned to her artwork with some small ceramic and epoxy sculptures, and began painting small portraits of children in February 2007, the first of which being “Girl with Moth”. After two more small portraits, she began some larger pieces, such as “Splinter” and “Wake”. Due to her fascination with insects and other wildlife, she felt compelled to paint “A Portrait of the Artist in Spring”, a portrayal of a cockroach on a printed floral background. And later came “From the Nightmare Comes Transcendence”, a portrait of a “dysfunctional” family of birds. Influences range from the artists of early Surrealism and Dadaism to more contemporary Lowbrow artists, in addition to illustrations from children’s books and animation. Two months after she began painting, she was honored for her work as "Star of the Week" by The Hollywood Globe, an online entertainment magazine.
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