TERRY TURRELL SPIRIT WORLD
TERRY TURRELL S P I R I T
WORLD
MIXED MEDIA PAINTINGS & SCULPTURES OCTOBER 3 - 31, 2019
PATRICIA ROVZAR GALLERY 1 1 1 1 1 s t AV E N U E , S E AT T L E , W A 9 8 1 0 1 206- 223- 0273 w www. ro v z a rg a lle r y.c o m
Patricia Rovzar Gallery is proud to present “Spirit World,” a collection of new paintings and sculptures that capture Terry Turrell’s compassion for the animal spirit. With creatures and humans entwined, their mythical forms draw parallels between the nature of man & beast. Symbols referencing ancient civilizations reflect the evolution of man’s relationship with the cycles of life and the beyond, paying tribute to the universal spirit and embracing the unconditional love animals continue to conjure today. A self taught artist, Turrell’s work is distinguished not only by his highly textural surfaces, but by his remarkable range of subject matter and materials. Creating imagery that is most often figurative in nature, the artist favors both painting and sculpting equally, often working within the two mediums simultaneously. Terry Turrell’s paintings and sculptures can be found in both private and corporate collections, and since 1989 he has had numerous solo exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad in Paris, France.
Spirit World, oil, acrylic & enamel on canvas tarp, 57”x 59”
Message Machine oil, enamel on canvas wrapped panel 48�x 36�
Catman carved wood with mixed media 34.5”x 7.5”x5”
Field Recording oil, enamel on canvas wrapped panel 30�x 80�
Distortion oil, enamel on panel 26.5”x 24”
Redline carved wood with mixed media 27”x 3”x3”
Sea Level oil, acrylic & enamel on panel 24”x 48”
Bollywood/The Garden oil, enamel on canvas wrapped panel 29”x 23”
Sun Queen carved wood with mixed media 21”x 2.5”x 2.5”
Apple Orchard oil, enamel on canvas wrapped panel 35�x 48�
Quarter carved wood with mixed media 35.5”x 7”x5”
Compulsion oil, enamel on canvas wrapped panel 72”x 48”
Little Bird carved wood with mixed media 17”x 3”x 3”
Flying Fish oil, enamel on canvas wrapped panel 36”x 24”
Memory Jar carved wood with mixed media 61”x 9”x7”
Girl oil, enamel on canvas wrapped panel 24”x 20”
Flying High carved wood with mixed media 16”x 3.5”x2”
Endless oil, enamel on canvas wrapped panel 28”x 24”
Galaxy carved wood with mixed media 18.5”x 6”x 2.5”
Butterfly’s oil, enamel on canvas wrapped panel 24”x 24”
Torch carved wood with mixed media 23”x 4”x 3”
Before & After oil, enamel on paper 30”x 22”
O carved wood with mixed media 11”x 2”x 2.5”
Ishtar carved wood with mixed media 10.5”x 2”x1.5”
You Can Walk carved wood with mixed media 6.5”x 4.5”x2.5”
Dust carved wood with mixed media 62”x 4”x2”
Flight oil, enamel on paper 30”x 22”
The Gift oil, enamel on paper 30”x 22”
Hand Jive oil, enamel on paper 30�x 22�
The Bell carved wood with mixed media 10”x 3”x4.5”
Conquistador carved wood with mixed media 21”x 3”x4.5”
Protector carved wood with mixed media 62”x 12”x10”
10 Stories Tall carved wood with mixed media 49”x 4.5”x4”
2:30 AM carved wood with mixed media 16.5”x 5”x4”
Piano oil, enamel on canvas wrapped panel 72”x 24”
Lucy carved wood with mixed media 17”x 3.5”x2”
Futurism oil, enamel on canvas wrapped panel 80�x 30�
Rain Dance oil, enamel on canvas wrapped panel 40”x 30”
Ascension carved wood with mixed media 12.5”x 2.5”x2”
Rabbit Mask, Reflexion, Blue Hearted, carved wood with mixed media, 9”x 5”x2” - 9.5”x 4”x 2” - 7”x 3.5”x 2”
Morricone carved wood with mixed media
TERRY TURRELL BORN: 1946 Spokane, WA Terry Turrell is an artist of delicate hand using unconventional, often recycled materials to create a beautiful edginess indicative of his Northwest roots. Drawn to art his entire life, Turrell’s innate ability to transform the ordinary or overlooked is as unique as his style. Working intuitively, Turrell creates work that is both innocent and confrontational. His work can easily be defined as the perfect imperfect. As a self-taught artist, Turrell’s work is distinguished by a remarkable range of subject matter and materials. He utilizes found materials for both sculpting and painting. The artwork is most often figurative in nature. It is textural with heavily worked surfaces. He favors both painting and sculpting equally and works with the two mediums simultaneously. Raised in rural northeastern Washington and northern Idaho, Turrell currently resides and works in Seattle, WA. His work has been shown extensively throughout the United States since 1989 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Spirit World, Seattle, WA 2018 Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Compassion, Seattle, WA 2017 Patricia Rovzar Gallery, The B-Sides, Seattle, WA 2016 Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Torque, Seattle, WA 2015 Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Forever, Seattle, WA American Primitive Gallery, NY, NY 2014 American Primitive Gallery, NY, NY Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2012 Grover /Thurston Gallery, Hind Sight, Seattle WA Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA 2011 Galerie Lefor Openo, Paris, France 2010 Grover/Thurston Gallery, Double Vision, Seattle, WA Stewart Gallery, Boise ID 2009 Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Cloud 9, Laguna Beach, CA American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY 2008 Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY American Visionary Art Museum, Marriage of Art, Science, Philosophy, Baltimore, MD Wright Exhibition Space, Century 21: Dealers Choice, Seattle, WA Center for Intuitive/Outsider Art, Intuit Show of Folk/Outsider Art, Chicago, IL 2007 Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY Galerie Lefor Openo, Paris, France Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY 2005 Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA American Primitive Gallery, Paintings and Sculpture, New York, NY Center for Intuitive/Outsider Art, Intuit Show of Folk/Outsider Art, Chicago, IL Museum of Contemporary Photography, Painting on Photography, Chicago, IL Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY
2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA Grover/Thurston Gallery, Faithful Companions, Seattle WA American Primitive Gallery, Dogs + Cats, New York, NY Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Folk, Self-taught, Outsider Art, Seatac, WA Center for Intuitive/Outsider Art, Intuit Show of Folk/Outsider Art, Chicago, IL Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle WA American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, GA Center for Intuitive/Outsider Art, Intuit Show of Folk/Outsider Art, Chicago, IL Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY Grover/Thurston Gallery, In Good Company, Seattle, WA Susan Cummins Gallery, Good Intentions, Mill Valley, CA Art Miami, Miami, FL Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, GA Holter Museum of Art, Six Point Perspective, Helena, MT Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY Grover/Thurston Gallery, Rough Edges, Seattle WA Susan Cummins Gallery, Token Gesture, Mill Valley, CA Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, GA Susan Cummins Gallery, Perches in the Soul, Mill Valley, CA Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY Susan Cummins Gallery, Small Works, the Sequel, Mill Valley, CA Outsider Art Fair, New York, NY PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA
2009 2008 2007 2005 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1993
Spencer, Dorothy. “Found Object Art #2” Shiffer Publishing, LTD Tina Skinner, “100 Artist of the West Coast #2” Schiffer Publishing, LTD Molly Norris. “Overwhelmed with Inspiration” Art Access, October Greg Stacy. “Everything old is new again with Terry Turrell” OC Weekly, October 11 Ruth Lopez. “Double Vision” Time Out Chicago, June 9-15 Spencer, Dorothy. Found Object Art. Shiffer Publishing, LTD Pittsburgh Post-Gazettet, November 1, “ Connecting Craft with Concept” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 01, Thomas, Mary. “Connecting craft with concept.” New American Paintings, Book XIX, Volume 3, Number 7, January. The Open Studio Press Seattle Times, August 7., “Seattle Artist Terry Turrell Took a Long, Winging Path to Creating Direct Art.”, Updike, Robin. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 24, “Traditional Media Takes Contemporary Form.,”Degener, Patricia. 20th Century American Folk, Self-taught, and Outsider Art., Sellen, Betty Carol and Neal Schulman. PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
House of Blues Microsoft Corporation The American Visionary Museum Boise Art Museum