"I am a painter and glass is my canvas.  For many years, I exhibited my oil and acrylic paintings and graphite drawings.  Then, in a radical departure about 12 years ago, I decided to explore glass fusing.   I took beginning classes with Pat Burger.  Later I took a weekend workshop with Lesley Nolan.  However,  I missed painting and the expressive experience it provided.   In 2003, in a class taught by internationally recognized glass artists Avery Anderson and Brock Craig,  I was introduced to vitreous enamels and began painting again with the new materials. Since then I have also studied kiln-fired glass with Richard Lalonde, Judith Conway and Kevin O'Toole at Vitrum studio, Amy Schlief Mohr, Lisa Allen, and Brock Craig at Arrowmont, and Newy Fagan at Art Glass House.

      I apply the "paint," or enamels, using brushes, palette knives, and other implements to create paintings in kiln-fired glass.  I use traditional painting and drawing techniques to attain and express the imagery in my work.  Glass applications such as sandblast etching may also be used to complete the painting.  By combining personal imagery and mark-making with a variety of applications,  I am able to achieve the expressive experience I want.  The work is fired several times during this process.

     There is an element of surprise when you combine the act of painting with the capricious nature of kiln-fired glass. To create an effective painting while firing a successful piece of glass is both the challenge and the reward!”

     Terrie's gallery affiliations are Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass in Dallas, Texas,  The  Bender Gallery in  Asheville, N.C,and Humidity Gallery and 1020 Art in Tallahassee, Florida.  Her work is included in private collections across the country and in the permanent collection of the Division of Cultural Affairs in the Florida Department of State.