Terry's Story

Terry was born in 1929 in Buckinghamshire where he lived for the majority of his life.

He studied art and design at Wycombe Art School and later, while working creatively in publishing and publicity in London, continued specialised studies at the London Polytechnic and the London College of Printing.

A LIfe in Advertising
He then switched to advertising, later becoming an art director, and spent twelve years creating advertisements with various London advertising agencies including McCann-Erickson.

For twenty years he worked as a freelance designer, artist and art director based in London’s West End with regular clients including British Rail (Inter-City, Freightliners, Railfreight, Sealink, Red Star), British Airways, Mira Showers, The Post Office, Rentokil and BOC.

His creative work appeared internationally as press advertisements, posters and promotional materials.  Also, on book jackets for publishers Dent, Cambridge University Press, Readers’ Union, Wordright Books and Science Fiction Book Club.

Moving to Amersham
When he finally moved his studio out of London, Terry became a visiting lecturer one day per week for 8 years in advertising design, graphics and art direction on HND courses at Amersham College Buckinghamshire.  He set up a link between the college and Thames Valley Police HQ, which gave the students the opportunity to work on ‘live’ campaign briefs and to present their own ideas direct to the decision makers.  On a campaign aimed at reducing the risk of children becoming victims of crime, several of the concepts presented were adopted and used by Thames Valley Police.

In later years Terry worked from his studio in Hazlemere and then Old Amersham, striking the balance between fine art on the one hand, and design, illustration and corporate graphics assignments on the other.  For many years, his studio cum gallery was always open during Bucks Art Week held in June each year.

Terry was described by a fellow artist as ‘a very productive painter’.  He worked throughout the year, mainly in the Chilterns, the Thames Valley, Devon and Brittany.  His preference was to paint on location.

Although he mainly worked in water colour on landscapes and still life, he regularly attended workshops to sate his appetite for other media and subjects including portraits in oil.