Terri Hallman was born on August 10th 1962 in
a small town in Wisconsin. She is the youngest of four children.
Terri attended Junior College in Hibbing Minnesota and also
attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design from 1986-1991
where she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Design. She
worked in the field of Design from 1987-1993 where she earned
two awards for International Packaging Design.
Artists Technique
The technique that Terri employs is dry pigment on paper, adding
a clear acrylic spray which sets the pigment in place. Multiple
layers are built up and masked off in different areas with various
tapes and hand pressed into the paper. No brushes are used.
She then scrapes away some of the pigment to reveal previous
layers and all tape is removed. This is a very quick process
that she likens to handwriting.fast and expressive!
At this point, if the piece is not flowing in the direction
she hoped, she proceeds to a more labor-intensive process. She
begins to continuously build up the areas that are lacking,
using acrylic mediums and employing the aforementioned masking-off
and tearing away technique until the piece finds itself. Very
thin washes of color are then blended on top of the layers where,
eventually, she will use a combination of oil mixed with dry
pigment on the top surfaces until the piece has been fine tuned
and has reached maturity. The weight of each piece is often
indicative of how long it took to create and it is not uncommon
for a piece to take up to one year to complete.
Artist Statement
Terri thinks of each of her pieces as being in a state of constant
movement and transformation, from a few abstract lines to layers
and layers of color saturation. She feels that the layers represent
"the way things were", and are built up to represent
"the way things are", like scarring or years passing
in each character or "story" she does.
Terri's finishing touches
Sheana with April's Art
of England magazine
Front page and an exclusive
interview with Terri Hallman
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for Interview
The Gent Group
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life's little ups and downs
Standing Figure
Wood Assemblage, 35" tall
Reclining Figure 1107-12
Wood Assemblage, 51" Long
Reclining Figure 1107-12
Reclining Figure 1107-12
