TERRY HILT
featured with Jeff MacDonald and Dan Miller
June 24-July 23, 2024
It is said how unruly watercolor is to master; but also how beautiful a successful watercolor painting can be! Occasionally, a painting is simply too unruly. Even so, for me that loss is also a gain. That is, I have, for years, saved a beloved, private cache of inspirational, “experiments.” These unused gems of partly complete paintings have offered up novel ideas and served as studies for new work.
Recently, I visualized a new use for the pieces in my cache of private watercolor trials. I have discovered the exciting work of collage—through handling, trimming, gathering and arranging interesting preserved pieces. Thus, a re-purposed life emerges in a montage form.
When the layered shapes are selectively adhered to a canvas support, sans glass, the dimensional surface becomes apparent. These collages, and watercolor paintings in this exhibition are colorful, full of movement, and inspired by nature.
~Terry Havey Hilt
Recently, I visualized a new use for the pieces in my cache of private watercolor trials. I have discovered the exciting work of collage—through handling, trimming, gathering and arranging interesting preserved pieces. Thus, a re-purposed life emerges in a montage form.
When the layered shapes are selectively adhered to a canvas support, sans glass, the dimensional surface becomes apparent. These collages, and watercolor paintings in this exhibition are colorful, full of movement, and inspired by nature.
~Terry Havey Hilt
"Maine: Even the Rocks Sing Out" watercolor/collage on canvas 11" x 14" $1,000
"Go Steady on the Quai" watercolor/collage on canvas 11" x 14" $1,000
"September's Last Berries" watercolor/collage on canvas 11" x 14" $1,000
"Portal to Blue" watercolor/acrylic collage on canvas 22" x 26" $1,500
"The Watch: By Candlelight" watercolor/collage on canvas 11" x 14" $1,000
"Frenchman Bay Regatta" watercolor/acrylic collage on canvas 16" x 20" $1,700
"Pyre: After the Storm's Wake" watercolor/collage on canvas 11" x 14" $1,000
"WW: Like Leaves of Grass" watercolor/collage 11" x 14" $1,000
"Fruit Bowl for Jubilee" watercolor/collage on canvas 11" x 14" $1,000
"His Coat of Many Colors" watercolor/acrylic collage on canvas 13" x 15" sold
"Love: Her Name is Thalassia" watercolor/collage on canvas 11" x 14" $1,000
"Eastern Spice Market" watercolor/collage 11" x 14" $1,000
"Trekkers of the Veldt" watercolor/collage on canvas 11" x 14" $1,000
"Windows to Congress Square" watercolor/collage on canvas 11" x 14" $1,000
"Star Walk" watercolor/acrylic collage on canvas 12.5" x 15.5" $1,000
"The Way Home" watercolor/collage 16" x 19" $1,400
Terry and her husband Dr. Dana Hilt were guest presenters at the MDI Bio Lab July 27.
“Scientists’ specific language terms and mathematical formulas are symbolic codes for known concepts about the dynamic forces present in the universe. Can a different code and “truth” describing nature’s moving forces within the landscape be validly conveyed by the artists’ symbolic language of reality by use of pigment, line and stroke?”
Terry Hilt
Terry Hilt
There have been many who have influenced my direction in painting. I was first introduced to watercolor by down east painter, Ed Foster. However, I have been mostly influenced by the Maine coastal modernists such as Marin, Betts, as well as Tam who went beyond Cezanne’s accomplishment of fractured space adding exciting motion to their work. I also have studied works by Kienbusch and Hartgen, painters who also captured strong movement and energy. Monhegan artists James Fitzgerald, and Leo Brooks have influenced my use of strong lines and richly applied watercolor as medium.