I studied drawing and painting at Sunderland College of Art - and followed a career in Graphic Design culminating in running a team of ten staff in Lancaster as senior founding partner of R&H Design. Since I owned and ran a successful Graphic Design business for most of my working life, the processes used in my professional work have influenced the way I process and interpret what I see when I paint. I am very conscious of selecting subjects that have a strong composition/structure. It may also be noticeable that I favour for my landscapes a very high horizon - or indeed no sky at all - and will often interpret areas in a simple composition in great detail in a flat graphic style - particularly in the foreground or in an area of trees. This together with the influences of most of the Impressionist and Expressionist painters - particularly Pissarro, Carot, Klimt, Egon Schiele and more recently the ‘Glasgow Boys’ may explain my current style! Since I have always had a passion for the Great Outdoors - from rock climbing in the Lakes and on the more challenging local Limestone to winter ice climbing in Scotland - it’s no surprise that the hills still influence my life. Living in the limestone area of the Three Peaks is reason enough to want to record the landscape - so that’s my mission - to paint (for my own enjoyment) what I see when wandering alone in the landscape. Contact Terry HirdClick here to email or phone: 015242 61803 |
