Buena Vista University in Storm Lake Iowa hosted an 18 piece Termesphere showing. We drove the show to Storm Lake. After it was hung there was a lecture and reception. The next two days, Dick did workshops with several classes. The Director the Art Gallery, Mary Mello-Nee and the students were wonderful to work with. This showing of Termespheres was …
Aberdeen
We went back to Storm Lake to pick up the 18 Termespheres to take them along with six others to North State University in Aberdeen South Dakota. This is a showing of 24 spheres. They were hung in the newly remodeled Johnson Center. It is a beautiful location. The show is in a wide hallway with lots of windows. A …
Clock Tower (Our Home)
Putting this sphere on the clock tower in Spearfish on the corner of Hudson and Main St was the inspiration of Cheryl Johnson. Termes spent six months creating this piece of art. Because this is an outdoor piece, it took a lot of extra precautions. The sphere which is 3 feet across had to be primed, like a car. The …
Belle Fourche Sphere
Judy Helmer contacted me to do a sphere as a memorial for her husband, Bob Helmer, who passed away about one year ago. Judy and I decided to focus this piece on the history of Belle Fourche. Belle Fourche has a wonderful history with Seth Bullock leading the way. When this Termesphere is done, it will hang in the City …
Dakota Sphere
In 1981, Jane and Mac Haskell who lived in Huron South Dakota commissioned a Termesphere representing South Dakota. Now that both Jane and Mac have passed away, the Haskell family has donated their sphere called the Dakota Sphere to the South Dakota Arts Museum in Brookings South Dakota. This sphere shows all of South Dakota on the bottom the sphere. …
Up, Down and All Around Display
This wonderful display was a co created by Termesphere Gallery and the Discovery Center in Pierre. It is a display Dick Termes put together. It has many different stations students can explore things like drawing, perspective, three dimensional forms, polyhedrons, mobius bands There are two original Termespheres, three dimensional puzzles, tetra art and solar rotating spheres. It has toured the …
Where Has Dick Been?
Marshall University in Huntington West Virginia has made an annual trek to the Termesphere Gallery each spring for the last four year. They bring students from all disciplines to study spherical geometries and six point perspective with Dick. This year was no exception. April 22 and 23 10 students from Marshall arrived ready to learn. The spent two mornings with …
Flash to the Past
I just received new photos of one of my favorite spheres. It is called Migration Patterns. It was a piece studying the migration patterns of many birds from around the world. Dan O’Brien helped with the subject matter of this piece. The images of the birds show where they start from and when they end up in Spring and Winter. …
Dripping Dreams
Dripping Dreams is a 24” diameter sphere. It explored the subconscious side of my mind. As I work a lot with the left side of my brain now and then I like to make the other side do the work. I started this piece by loosely painting an abstract expressionistic painting on the sphere. Drips of paint were allowed to …
Working with SDPB
We have had wonderful news from South Dakota Public Broadcasting. The drawing DVD on how anyone can learn to draw, ”Basic Elements of Drawing” is to be developed into a series. Dick will host this series from the Gallery and Studio. This series will be developed to have an educational component complete with a Teacher’s guide, and activities aligned to …