Terry Cameron Baldwin is originally from California, where she received a BA in Psychology and a BFA in Painting and Printmaking from Sierra Nevada College in Lake Tahoe. She loves to travel for inspiration, to return to record her impressions in a variety of media. She has worked as a stained glass artisan, paper artist, painter, print maker, jewelry maker, and calligrapher. She moved to San Miguel de Allende in 2006 from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has completed a family memoir with the title, “All the Ghosts Dance Free" available on amazon.
THE PAINTINGS
My work and my world view are inextricably linked. What interests me are patterns, repeating patterns in nature, conditioned patterns in culture and human behavior, and patterns we choose, in freedom and awareness to create. The paintings began as “Points of Attention,” became “Lines of Attraction” or “Spirit Stripes,” growing outward in circular designs like growth rings, to become “Mandalas.” They evolve from and return to a silent, empty core. Traditionally, the mandala is a symbol of wholeness, used to expand or focus consciousness.
THE JEWELRY
My interest in patterns continues in woven beaded jewelry, where I explore patterns of pleasure in the harmonious blend of stone, metal, and melted glass. I indulge my love of the materials, and, using the loose and playful approach they inspire, execute complex designs in the simple joy of working with my hands.
COLLAGE, 3-D, BOOK ARTS
I spent a cycle covering objects with collaged imagery. Simple boxes became lap desks, trays, tables, game boards and headboards. A two-part catalyst and resin gave me a small window in which to pour, before the resin hardened to a clear layer that made the surface functional and produced a glassy window to the images. I adapted Italic calligraphy to my own style and made hand-made paper, fold-out books of quotes and text, notebooks and 3-D forms sculpted from printed text.
SELECTED EXHIBITS, GALLERIES, and PUBLICATIONS
1989BFA Show, Sierra Nevada College, Incline, Nv.
1990Group Watercolor Show, Rosie’s Tahoe City, Ca.
1990Group Show, Timberline Gallery, Incline, NV.
1991Solo Photography Show, Tallac Historical site, Lake Tahoe, Ca.
1991Solo Mixed Media Show, Tallac Historical Site, Lake Tahoe, Ca.
1995EROS, Common Ground Gallery, Silver City, NM.
1995Solo Mixed Media Show, Baca St. Studios, Santa Fe, NM
1999High Road to Taos Art Tour, Truchas, NM.
2000High Road to Taos Art Tour, Truchas, NM.
2000BRAVO! Breast Cancer fundraiser, Group Show, Santa Fe, NM
2001High Road to Taos Art Tour, Truchas, NM.
2001BOOK as ART Group Show, Gallery Zipp, Glorietta, NM.
2001Two Painters, Four Winds Gallery, Santa Cruz, NM.
2002New Mexico Millenium Collection Publication
2004Copperhead Art Show, Santa Fe, NM.
2007Generator Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2007Casa Luna Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2008Generator Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2008Casa Luna Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2009Generator Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2009Generator Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2009Casa Luna Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2010Generator Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2010Casa Luna Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2011Generator Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2011Casa Luna Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2012 SOL Online Literary Magazine “Flyboy” October Edition
2013 SOL Online Literary Magazine“Uncle Arthur’s Funeral” March Edition
2015 Magenta Gallery, San Miguel de Allende
2016 Magenta Gallery, San Miguel de Allende