This unique physical creation treats a premium canvas substrate as an analytical laboratory for spatial dynamics, letting thick oil pigments, directional shading, and strict proportions converge without the restrictions of a rigid narrative artifice. The symmetrical arrangement tracks an intense graphic rhythm where the centralized white tablecloth structure acts as a secular altar, transforming the interaction between representative constraints and absolute artistic freedom into an undeniable architectural gravity that echoes the hazy, meditative qualities of a memory or dream.
In most of the still life paintings, the artist uses an interior space as his subject, placing a table or similar object at its center. The use of symmetry and eye level often suggests an altar-like presence on the table, an interpretation undoubtedly reinforced by the tablecloth that frequently covers it. This frames and illuminates the subject in a way that interprets it as a secular altar where an ambiguous ritual takes place. The resulting images are often both serene and meditative, but they can also be filled with anticipation. This tension is sustained by a rhythm that evokes the rhythm of memory and dreams.
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Contemporary Oil on Canvas Painting - Tajine Silhouette, 2023
Tajine Silhouette, 2023
From The Paintings Series
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 36 H x 48 W x 0.1 D in.
Signed at the back.
Christopher T. Terry was born in Stamford, Connecticut and studied Painting at Rhode Island College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has exhibited his work throughout the United States and is currently represented by galleries in Manhattan and Charlotte, NC. He is the recipient of numerous awards as a painter including the Utah Visual Artist Fellowship, and a WESTAF/NEA Fellowship in Painting. He has twice been the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship for Teaching and Research in Germany and in 2000 was a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome.
Terry taught at universities in the U. S. and Germany and served for ten years as Associate Dean in the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University. He left academia in 2020 to work full-time as a painter.

















