Terry Prince
Resides
In a painting where the vastness of the landscape is almost outdone by the vastness of the sky above; Terry Prince reminds the viewer how small we are in comparison to the massive environ of Antarctica. In Terry’s painting, Shackleton’s Hut, Cape Royds, two diminutive structures are dwarfed in the foreground by the immediacy of the landscape, while a silent and ghostly Erebus rises in the background. With its central positioning in the composition, Erebus draws the viewer’s eye upward and outward, leading away from the hut’s shelter below, and far beyond the picture plane.
Using his effective and recognisable dry brush and masking techniques, Terry captures the bare and remote vastness of the landscape surrounding Shackleton’s Hut; transporting the viewer to the bottom of the world, a place most of us will never step foot on.
In 2019, from January to February, Terry Prince was invited by Heritage Expeditions as Artist in Residence on their ship, the 'Spirit of Enderby', which went to Antarctica by way of the Subantarctic Islands. A life-changing month ensued as Terry documented the vitality of the Subantarctic Islands, and the beauty and immensity of Antarctica.
Terry was taught by Garth Tapper; spent two years in the Elam School of Fine Arts Extension Program; worked with Ted Dutch from 1961; and was mentored by Mike Yoffe and Jan Nigro, as well as painting alongside them. His work is held in private and public collections in France, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, New Caledonia, and New Zealand.