Terry Redlin

Terry Redlin

American Painter, 1937 -

Terry Redlin, beloved American painter, explores themes that recall a time in America's heartland when people still knew their neighbors, when the porch door was always unlocked and when wildlife was abundant. In Terry Redlin's paintings, the sunsets are perfect and every new day offers exciting and beautiful opportunities. His paintings masterfully capture the spirit of the American land and its people.

Terry Redlin is one of the country's most widely collected painters of wildlife and Americana. His interest in outdoor themes can be traced to his childhood in Watertown, South Dakota. Although he dreamed of becoming a forest ranger, a motorcycle accident placed him on a different path and he chose to pursue a career in the graphic arts.

Terry Redlin earned a degree from the St. Paul School of Associated Arts and spent 25 years working in commercial art as a layout artist, graphic designer, illustrator and art director. In his leisure time, he researched wildlife subjects and settings.

In 1977, at the age of 40, Redlin burst onto the wildlife scene when his painting "Winter Snows" appeared on the cover of The Farmer magazine. Two years later, demand for his work became so great that he left his art directing career to concentrate on painting wildlife.

Since then, Redlin's meteoric rise has been unparalleled in the field of contemporary wildlife art. In 1981 and 1984, he won the Minnesota Duck Stamp competition, and in 1982, the Minnesota Trout Stamp contest. Redlin also placed second that year in the Federal Duck Stamp Competition. He has been honored as Artist of the Year for Ducks Unlimited (National and Minnesota), and as Conservationist of the Year-Magnum Donor by the Minnesota Waterfowl Association for his gifts of entire print collections. The National Association of Limited Edition dealers has three times presented him with the "Lithograph of the Year" award for excellence in the medium.

Terry Redlin's art speaks to the heart of Americans, both wildlife lovers and lovers of the country. In 1987, he began exploring his interest in Americana subjects and nostalgic scenes of yesteryear, painting several images for his American Memories and Country Doctor Collections. Since then, his annual Christmas prints have attracted thousands of collectors from coast to coast.

In 1992, Terry Redlin completed his most ambitious work to date, painting each line in the first stanza of "America the Beautiful". All eight, which depict American life from the settling of the west to the present day, were released as limited edition prints over a three-year period, ending in January, 1995. The series has been showcased in art and consumer magazines nationwide, and it has been acclaimed by thousands of collectors. "Terry Redlin Paints America the Beautiful", a video presentation produced by Hadley House, earned a coveted Telly Award in the 1993 national competition.

Redlin's work explores themes of serenity in nature that reflect the inner serenity his collectors like to feel in the the soul. He uses a classic approach to his art with a meticulous, perfectionistic eye for detail. In a Terry Redlin painting, you not only see the candles flickering in the windows, you feel their radiance. You can almost hear the crickets sing.

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