Terri Connelly

I am a painter that creates images that tells a story of my observations of the human connection between nature and wildlife, and the intended or unintentional impacts of the choices we make. My interpretive intentional style of painting applying layers of paint and glazes utilizing bold colour, brush strokes, mark making and collage that creates mood, movement, and emotion on canvas, cradle board and paper.

Nothing stays static in our life; we are constantly evolving, and I focus my bodies of work being purposely optimistic deepening an appreciation, awareness, and conversation on how we can coexist together on this beautiful earth. This series inspired by the theme of JOY. There is a push on for developing housing that people can afford. My observations of nature at its’ best. With their brilliant resourceful speedy engineering building cradles for their young, cultivating their future existence, brings me Joy.

All paintings are on gallery wrapped canvas and the medium used is acrylic, along with human made materials, natural fibers, moss and feathers. I hope you enjoy these paintings and find the smallest of details that symbolize tears of hope and laughter amongst the rain. Each next paintings background is the colour of that bird species eggs.