"Earth Mother" Acrylic on canvas 4'x3' for upcoming exhibits at MGCCC and MUW

December Exhibit at Lucas Road Gallery

Through December at Lucas Road Gallery
2211 5th St. Meridian, MS 601 483 0028





Two watercolors by Terry Cherry in the exhibit

SONGS www.reverbnation.com/terrycherry

Descending Spirit

 Descending Spirit 22"x15" watercolor recently shown at the Lauren Rogers Museum in the Mississippi Art Faculty Exhibition.

Painting exhibited in 37th BiState Competition

"In Awe of Human Artifice" by Terry Cherry was exhibited in the 37th Annual BiState Competition at the Meridian Museum of Art. "In Awe" is one in a series of paintings where Cherry paints his ideas and beliefs concerning the Bible. Cherry teaches art at East Mississippi Community College, Scooba, Mississippi. Juror for the exhibition was Marilyn Murphy, professor of art at Vanderbilt University of Nashville Tennesse.

Painting Outside

Painting Outside:

May 31, 2008 I started painting outside. My goal was to do one work a day.

The spree lasted two months with a toal of 66 paintings. They were exhibited at Meridian Community College August 2009.

My other passion:

I write original songs https://myspace.com/terrycherryband/music/songs

Sucarnoochee Sunset

My paintings are an eclectic mix of subjects that I have always enjoyed painting. These subjects are things and places around me. I feel that as a southerner I express a quality in my paintings that is uniquely of the south. If this makes me a regional artist, I don't mind; it is a good region to be an artist in. The subjects of my paintings are mostly rural landscapes, skies, trees, creeks, flowers and cows. I see these things every time I go out. After I look at them long enough, some of them find their way into my work. Watercolor, oil and acrylic are all media that I use in painting. I look for beauty in a subject that anyone can appreciate. EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS: Bonnie Busbee Gallery; Group Show. Meridian Community College; One Man Show. William Carey University; One Man Show. Lauren Rogers Museum of Art; Mississippi Art Faculty Group Exhibition. Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS; One Man Show Mississippi Gallery; Group Show "A Vision of Pride"; Group Show "Teacher's Touch". Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA; One Man Show. Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS; One Man Show. Watercolor USA, Springfield Museum of Art, Missouri. Southern Watercolor Society; Annual Juried Exhibition. Watercolor Southeast; Belleaire, FL; Regional Juried Show. Watercolor Society of Alabama; William & Joan Edmonds BE&K, Inc. Purchase Award. Georgia Watercolor Society; National Juried Show and Selected for Traveling Exhibition. Kentucky Watercolor Society National Aqueous; Ashland Oil Company Award. Mississippi Watercolor Society Grand National; Mary Jane Whittington Award; Mississippi Museum of Art Purchase Award; John Gaddis Award. Texas Watercolor Society; National Juried Exhibition and Selected for Traveling Exhibition. Mississippi Watercolor Society Member Show; Best in Show (3 yrs); Third Place; Honorable Mention Terrance Gallery, New York, NY; National Juried Show Brown Fine Art Gallery, Jackson, MS; One Man Show -"Under A Southern Sky"; Group Show -Honoring Eudora Welty; Two Person Show -Cherry & Nunn; Group Show -International Ballet Exhibit Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, Florida The Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, Colorado Winterpark Sidewalk Art Festival, Winter Park, Florida Arts Festival of Atlanta at Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Georgia Uptown Art Fair, Minneapolis, Minnesota Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, California Boardwalk Art Show, Virginia Beach, Virginia Cain Park Arts Festival, Cleveland Heights, Ohio The Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, Missouri Mount Dora Arts Festival, Mount Dora, FL; Award of Distinction; Award of Merit Great Gulf Coast Art Festival, Pensacola, FL; Judges Award (2 yrs) Gum Tree Festival, Tupelo, MS; Purchase Award (2); Merit Award Arts in the Park, Meridian, MS; Best in Show (3 yrs); Honorable Mention; Juror's Award (2 yrs) Calico Arts Fair, Columbus, MS; Best in Show (3 yrs); Merit Award and Purchase Award Old Trace Arts Fair, Tupelo, MS; Best in Show; Merit Award; Purchase Award Prairie Arts Festival, West Point, MS; Best in Show (2 yrs); First Place Watercolor (3 yrs); Third Place Oil Oktoberfest Arts Fair, Heidelberg, MS; Best in Show (2 yrs); Merit Award Kentuck Festival, Northport, AL; Best in Show; Merit Award Miss-Ala Bi-State Juried Competition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS; Purchase Award; Merit Award Red River Revel Arts Festival, Shreveport, LA; Best of Media Mississippi Juried Exhibition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg; Purchase Award (3) Municipal Art Gallery, Jackson, MS; One Man Show Neshoba County Fair, Philadelphia, MS; Juror's Award Brick Street Art Festival, Clinton, MS; First Place Bonnie Busbee Gallery, Meridian MS; One Man Show WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR: Mississippi Artists Guild, Jackson, MS Create Grant, Tupelo, MS Philadelphia Art Association, Philadelphia, MS Mississippi Watercolor Society, Jackson, MS Art Center, Corpus Christi, TX Mississippi Art Education Association, Hattiesburg, MS Columbus Art Association, Columbus, MS Workshops Unlimited, Jackson, MS Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA Mississippi University of Women, Columbus, MS Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS Louisville Art Association, Louisville, MS Meridian Community College, Meridian, MS Oxford Art Association, Oxford, MS Greenville Arts Council, Greenville, MS DEMONSTRATOR -LECTURER: Mississippi Museum of Art. Masur Museum of Art. Meridian Museum of Art. University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL. Nichols State University, Thibodeaux, LA. Northeast Community College, Booneville, MS. Meridian Museum Artists Group JUROR: Annual Competitive, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA. Arts in the Park, Meridian, MS. Kentuck Festival, Northport, AL. Calico Arts Festival, Columbus, MS. Prairie Arts Festival, West Point, MS. Old Trace Arts Fair, Tupelo, MS. Montgomery Art Guild, Montgomery, AL. Greenville Arts Council Juried, Greenville, MS. Columbus Arts Center Exhibition, Columbus, MS. Mississippi Painters Group, Tupelo, MS. MS. Cotton District Juried Exhibition, Starkville, MS. ART IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS: Sara Gillespie Collection, William Carey University. Richmond Art Museum, Noland Collection, Richmond, VA. MS South Central Bell, Jackson, MS. Mississippi Bar Association, Jackson, MS. Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS. Chamber of Commerce, Meridian, MS. Mississippi College, Clinton MS. University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. Meridian Community College Library. Tennessee Valley Authority, Pickwick Lake Visitors Center. Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS. Collection of former Mississippi Govenor William Winter. Collection of Ray Mabus Secretary of the Navy and former Mississippi Governor. Regions Bank. Bank Plus. FEATURE: Mississippi Educational Television "Artifacts", January 1991 "Under a Southern Sky" One Man Exhibition at the Municipal Gallery Jackson, MS MEMBERSHIPS: Mississippi Watercolor Society, Signature Status, President 1991, 1992. Past member of Watercolor Society of Alabama, Signature Status. Member of Meridian Museum of Art EDUCATION: A.A. Fine Art, East Mississippi Community College B. A. Commercial Art, Mississippi State University M. A. Painting, Mississippi College WORK EXPERIENCE: Art Instructor, East Mississippi Community College Scooba, MS July 1975- May 1984; August 1993- present Art Instructor (part-time), at Clarke College for Clarke College and Mississippi College. Painting Demonstrator -Lecturer, Grumbacher, Inc., New York, NY, 1977-1978. Graphics Designer, Mississippi State University Alumnus Magazine, August 1974- July 1975