The Dahl Art Center 50 Termespheres are hanging and rotating in the Stan Adelstein and Lynda Clark Gallery at the Dahl Arts Center in Rapid City South Dakota. This is the largest exhibition I have ever put together. The space is wonderful for hanging Termespheres! The Hanging of a 50 Piece Show The opening for the show was March 20th …
Drawing the Whole Picture
One through Five Point Perspective Click here to buy DVD I recently developed a DVD on ONE THROUGH FIVE POINT PERSPECTIVE. This DVD shows me using grids to creating drawings of one through five point perspective. This system of using perspective grids is a wonderful new way to teach students. The DVD is in fast motion so you can go …
Should an Artist Re-work Old Paintings?
The question is; should an artist ever take older works and go back into them years later? I guess my feeling is, sometimes it seems like a good idea. Sometimes after an idea circles in your mind for a number of years you understand more the second time around. I haven’t done this very often but I have done it …
Common Grounds Sphere
My latest Termesphere is called COMMON GROUNDS. It is a 16 ” diameter sphere of our local coffee shop. Markie and I go for coffee there most mornings. I spend a lot of time watching people when we are there. Commons Grounds is a place where everyone, young and old, interact with one another. Different tables have different topics of conversations. The weather …
Termes featured in Make Magazine
“In the Round” by Donna Tauscher was published in volume 17 of Makezine. To quote the information about the ezine, “MAKE is a quarterly project-based magazine… MAKE brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. MAKE is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home. It …
Porthole to the Past
This is a 36 inch diameter spherical painting that is owned by the Visitors Center in Deadwood South Dakota. It shows a total view of the old town of Deadwood from 1876-9 before it burned down in 1879. Termes used old photographs and information found in books written about that time period to make sure of its accuracy. Many of …
Circular Logic
by David Eisenhauer Almost everything in Dick Termes’ world is round – the sun breaking through morning haze, the tennis ball he batted back and forth before breakfast, the four geodesic domes in which he lives and works. For more than 30 years, Termes has eschewed traditional flat canvases to create his art on polycarbonate globes he calls “Termespheres.” He …
New Termesphere depicts story of early Deadwood
The city of Deadwood and the Deadwood Historic Preservation Commission will unveil the Deadwood Termesphere on Monday, April 1. The ceremony will be at 7 p.m. at the Deadwood History and Information Center, 3 Seiver St. Refreshments will be served after the presentation. A Termesphere is a spherical representation that tells a story from many angles. Deadwood commissioned the work …
Termesphere goes to St. Luke's Hospital
SPEARFISH – In celebration of Avera St. Luke’s Hospital 100th anniversary in Aberdeen, artist Dick Termes was commissioned to create a Termesphere dedicated to the cycle of life. He has been working on this project for the past three months. Termespheres are hanging, rotating spherical paintings that show up, down and all around environments. Forward to the Beginning is a …
Dick Termes : Termespheres
Termespheres are three dimensional “inside out” views of the physical world around us. Dick Termes has been painting spheres for 37 years. His work has been recognized in America, France and Japan and has featured in many articles over the years. For those of us who want to attempt this style of painting he has a booklet on the 6 …