Hello – Meet Terri!
My name is Terri Sierra and I create art that is bold and colorful. I am on an art adventure, exploring and experimenting with acrylics, inks, watercolors, drawing mediums, glass, digital design and photography.
It was a natural progression of this adventure to create the Creative Eyedias Collaborative, a space where artists can work together. My husband and I are the artist owners and have our studios and a gallery of our work in beautiful, serene Westport, Kentucky and a studio and gallery in Midway, Kentucky.
In the last few years, I sought a personal shift in my art practice. Moving from creating through craft to a more visceral and expressive element of art through painting with bold, vibrant colors, I began to immerse myself in a body of work using color as a singular force.
As I interact with the public, showing my art and building relationships with people, I discover a sense of universal connection through my art. The beauty and vitality of color is evocative by association. Color is a universal language: it draws us in, it is sensual, it is natural, it can heal. As I study the faces of people enthralled by the color in my art, their smiles and joyous sighs expressing happiness, I realize my art is to bring that happiness, joy and beauty to a calamitous and hectic world. I strive to create art with a beauty that possesses a kind of magic that charges the everyday objects of canvas and paint with visible delight.
My ongoing interest is to continue to learn how to utilize color and composition to create beauty. I work from sketches, photos and my imagination to create art that you can feel. My painting process is a delicate balance between color and composition choices and the intuitive expression of paint application. Using abstraction, complete with color, mark making and composition, I want to create an experience of beauty that will pull on hearts and minds, creating joy.
Artists who have influenced my work include Gerhardt Richter, Cecily Brown, Van Gogh, VOKA, Lesley Humphreys and Rinske Douna. My style and subject matter continue to develop through a natural progression of learning about myself, finding my voice and expressing it through my art.
My paintings express emotions held within places, creating a connection for all who view them. I invite you to experience the feelings of joy that my paintings will bring to your life.
A portion of all sales support orphaned children in India, so they have basic necessities and opportunities to thrive and know Jesus.
Exhibitions, Galleries, and Collections:
- Creative Eyedias Gallery Permanent Collection
- Alladin Art Gallery, Ashland, KY
- Kentucky Artisan Center, Berea, KY
- Dauphin Island Gallery, Dauphin Island, Alabama
- Team Kentucky Gallery at the Kentucky State Capitol Building, 2024, 2023
- Color Impact 2023, Camelback Gallery
- “Joyful Color” Solo Exhibition, Gallery 104, La Grange KY August 2023
- Cambria Hotel, Seasoned Spirits Exhibition, 2023
- “Equine and Icons” Dual Exhibition, Pigment Gallery, Mellwood Arts Center 2023
- Frazier History Museum, Bourbon for HeART Exhibition, 2023
- KORE Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky – Various Exhibitions
- Gallery 104, LaGrange Kentucky (Arts Association of Oldham County) 2021-2023
- Roberta Marx Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky Solo Exhibition, December 2022
- Arts of Dauphin Island Gallery, Dauphin Island, Alabama 2022
- KORE Gallery, LAG Show, Black and White Show 2022
- Out of the Blue, La Grange, KY 2022-23
- Louisville Visual Arts Squared 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Private Collections, USA and England
- Artist Member of Louisville Visual Arts
- Artist Member of the Lexington Arts League
- Adjudicated Artist Member of Oldham County Arts Association
- Adjudicated Artist Member of Louisville Artisans Guild
- Adjudicated Member of the Kentucky Arts Council Kentucky Crafted Program
- Founder of Louisville Artists Social Group
Awards:
Color Impact 2023 Bronze Award, Camelback Gallery
Publications/Videos:
Arts and Spirits Magazine – Inaugural Edition August 2023 Issue 1 – https://issuu.com/artsandspirits/docs/arts_spirits_aug_2023_final
inSPIRE Black Louisville Magazine – August 2023 Issue Page 19 https://online.flippingbook.com/view/834610571/
Kentucky Education Television, February 2023 https://youtu.be/ieANBE1KiG8?si=mfSiJ-Vtob353X_7 – Bourbon with Heart
TOPS Magazine February 2023 – https://e.issuu.com/embed.html?d=lou_feb23web&hideIssuuLogo=true&showOtherPublicationsAsSuggestions=true&u=top_marketing_group
Artebella October 2022 – https://www.artebelladaily.org/artebella/2022/10/4/artists-talk-with-lva-october-6-2022
The Oldham Era December 2022 – https://www.pmg-ky1.com/oldham_era/local-art-studio-opens-gallery-space-in-westport/article_b5e64dab-6d6a-554d-adcd-4b192ef92cc1.html
Find us at these art shows in 2024
- Kentucky Crafted Market, March 8-10, 2024, Kentucky Horse Park
- Woodlands Art Fair, Lexington, KY August 2024
- KY Artisan Center Fall Show, Berea, KY, October 2024
- Louisville Artisans Guild Fall Expo, November 2024
- Winterfair, Louisville KY December 2024
Classes:
- Private Art Instruction
- Zendoodling/Tangling (intentional doodling)
- Acrylic Pouring Instruction
- Host Photo Scavenger hunts
“I’ve always had a love for beauty, nature and architecture in my art.“