Terrill Welch

Terrill Welch

I am a landscape painter exposing life’s mystery in an ordinary day. Stripping away the human illusion of our separation from nature is at the core of my work.
Apr
17
A Brush with Life - Issue #50 Your Lunch Money For A Painting

A Brush with Life - Issue #50 Your Lunch Money For A Painting

What a time we are having. By all accounts, it is globally grim and going to get grimmer yet. The International Monetary Fund in its latest forecast is saying that the world economy in 2020 will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s. So why might I ask for your lunch money in
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Apr
03
A Brush with Life - Issue #49 The Courage To Paint

A Brush with Life - Issue #49 The Courage To Paint

“I think Mother Nature is telling us to pay attention to what truly makes us happy, and I think your art is one of those precious things.” - from an art collector to artist Terrill Welch.Receiving notes like this, gives me the courage to paint even during these are extraordinary and challenging
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Mar
20
A Brush with Life - Issue #48 Gratitude and Art

A Brush with Life - Issue #48 Gratitude and Art

A practice is something that is repeated as often as necessary to achieve a desired results. My desired result from my gratitude practice is to strengthen hope, lessen fear and reduce the impacts of loss. Gratitude allows me to focus on what I can give rather than what I want to receive. Gratitude a
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Mar
06
A Brush with Life - Issue #47 Seascapes Hiking Trails and Paint

A Brush with Life - Issue #47 Seascapes Hiking Trails and Paint

The roar of the surf as your foot slides across a wet tree root or rolls over sea-rounded rocks as you brace yourself against the wind and (sometimes) rain - there is nothing else quite like it! Your heart quivers from excitement and exertion of about equal amounts. Welcome to late winter on the sou
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Feb
21
A Brush with Life - Issue #46 Your Perfect Nature Adventure Partner

A Brush with Life - Issue #46 Your Perfect Nature Adventure Partner

Come discover nature through the eyes of a landscape painter. While exposing the mystery in an ordinary day, the Terrill Welch Gallery takes you right into our nature world. Stay current with recent adventures through our A Brush With Life newsletter. Every second Friday a complimentary is
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Feb
07
A Brush with Life - Issue #45 There Are Only Artists

A Brush with Life - Issue #45 There Are Only Artists

At the beginning of The Story of Art, Ernst Gombrich wrote, “There is really no such thing as Art. There are only artists” (first published in 1950 and now in its 16th edition). What might he have meant by this and why is it important? Gombrich later elaborated on this statement by saying that
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Jan
24
A Brush with Life - Issue #44 The Giddiness Stage

A Brush with Life - Issue #44 The Giddiness Stage

Now that the announcement of an additional room for the gallery has been made, it is time to get things sorted. Ask for help with preparing and painting walls. Check! Send email to contractor to install gallery track lighting and and hanging system. Check! Gather the three artists together that will
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Jan
10
A Brush with Life - Issue #43 Art of Terrill Welch Gallery Is Expanding

A Brush with Life - Issue #43 Art of Terrill Welch Gallery Is Expanding

Yes, the Art of Terrill Welch Gallery is adding another room. This new room will allow the gallery to show both more of my paintings, and a small number of highly curated new works by other artists, in the same kind of ambiance as the current gallery. 
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Dec
27
A Brush with Life - Issue #42 Best Landscape Paintings Of The Decade

A Brush with Life - Issue #42 Best Landscape Paintings Of The Decade

Here we are, celebrating the past decade of my contemporary landscape paintings! I find it hard to believe that ten years have gone by since I started painting full-time and operating my art business. So many of you have been with me for the duration of this painting adventure. Thank you for this! I
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Dec
13
A Brush with Life - Issue #41 Winter Studio Time

A Brush with Life - Issue #41 Winter Studio Time

The skies remain grey for most of our short daylight hours. I methodically move paint from the palette to my brush and onto a 30 x 24 inch canvas in the gallery’s winter studio. Seven new large custom-made canvases are ready to pick up in Victoria. Reference images are reviewed in the fold where the
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