Dick Termes was raised in Spearfish, South Dakota. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Education from his hometown Black Hills State University and began a career as an educator. It was during this period that Dick discovered his passion for sharing ideas.

“I am seldom at a loss for words. But, standing in the Termesphere Gallery, celestial artwork slowly circulating above my head, I find standard vocabulary woefully inadequate and flat. What words can capture the depth and dimensionality of spherical canvasses--yes, that’s right, spherical canvasses-- that are mathematical and visual treasures? How do I describe the wonderland created by these panoramic bubbles, hanging from ceiling motors and floating in space?” Helene Sorcic, Splash Magazine

What you are seeing when you look at a Termesphere® painting is an optical illusion. An inside-out view of the total physical world around you on the outside surface of a hanging and rotating sphere. If you were on the inside of this sphere, this painted image around you would seem normal, but it is read from the outside.

Termes has expanded this discovery of perspective in order to capture more and more of the visual world. With six point perspective, drawings and paintings reveal a total view encompassing the full 360 degrees in all directions.