TERRY MATTHEWSI was born in Oklahoma and married a beautiful young lady in 1956. We have lived in Albuquerque since 1977. I have always been interested in art, and experimented with different media from time to time. But it was only after I was fully retired that I had enough time to seriously try my hand at painting. Since I started, my efforts have gone through several different stages. I started painting with oil but fairly rapidly changed to acrylic. My early efforts were realistic, mostly of southwestern landscapes, cave dwellings and rock art. I quickly found that as time passed my work moved toward impressionism. Right now, I think of myself as an impressionistic acrylic artist and have developed a style and techniques of my own. Throughout it all, I have painted things from the southwest - the people and the land. I hope you enjoy my work. |

