Dick Termes is an American artist who uses a six-point perspective system that he devised to create unique paintings on large spheres called Termespheres.[1] He is the world's leading spherical artist. In 2014, Dick was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame.[2] He currently lives and works in Spearfish, South Dakota.[3]
Dick Termes | |
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 Termes in his art gallery. | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | BS Art BHSU, MA Art University of Wyoming, MFA Otis College of Art and Design |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | Termespheres |
| Movement | Perspective |
| Website | Official Website |
Termespheres
editTermespheres are paintings on spherical canvases that capture an entire environment (up, down, left, right, front and back). Their style was inspired by Termes's desire to "paint the total picture."[4] Termespheres are typically hung by small chains and rotated with electric ceiling motors to reveal a complete, closed universe as the spheres slowly rotate.[5]
One of his termespheres is most famously used on the cover of an edition of A Brief History of Time of the late physicist Stephen Hawking.[5]
Workshops and lectures
editTermes conducts lectures and workshops for schools, universities, and the general public, revealing the connections between art and math/science in his work.[6][7]
Personal life and education
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Dick Termes was born in California, where his father worked in a shipyard.[9]
He received a B.S. with an art major from Black Hills State University in 1964, a master's degree in art in 1969 from the University of Wyoming (the time when the idea for the Termesphere was first developed) and Masters of Fine Arts at Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County, 1971.[9] He joined the South Dakota State Arts Council in 1972.[9]
Awards
edit- South Dakota Hall of Fame Induction, Chamberlain SD. 2014
- Rushmore Honors Award, Rapid City SD. 2006
- Breckenridge Festival of Film, Documentary TERMESPHERES: TOTAL WORLDS 2001
- Governor's Award for Distinction in Creative Achievement 1999
- S.D. Museum of Art- Artistic Achievement Citation, 1986
- Four South Dakota Arts Council Fellowship Grants, 1976-80-84-94
- Three Semesters paid by Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles Ca.1969–71 for MFA
References
edit- ^ "Dick Termes : Termespheres". Practical Painting. 2005. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ^ "Art and Mathematics Conference". www.albany.edu.
- ^ "KELOLAND.com | Lund at Large". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
- ^ Gunn, Charles. "Rendering 3D Tessellations with Conformal Curvilinear Perspective" (PDF). archive.bridgesmathart.org.
- ^ a b "Termesphere Gallery". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ "S.D. artist Dick Termes to present public lecture, student workshops at NSU". Northern State University. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ "Dick A. Termes: Termespheres and Lectures". artscouncil.sd.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ Hunhoff, Bernie (Jan 24, 2012). "A New Flag for South Dakota". South Dakota Magazine.
- ^ a b c Pioneer, Kaija Swisher Black Hills (25 June 2018). "50 years of Termespheres!". Black Hills Pioneer. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
External links
edit- Dick Termes's personal web site
- Peterson, Ivars (17 December 2004). "Sphere Worlds". Science News.
- An installment of Ivars Peterson's MathTreck for the Mathematical Association of America that features Dick Termes’ spherical worlds
- A post on BoingBoing by David Pescovitz which describes Termespheres
- Mathematical Paintings and Sculptures blog post on Dick Termes
- An article entitled "Getting Out of the Box and Into the Sphere" by Dick Termes which describes concepts and the geometry behind Termespheres
- A paper by Kim H. Veltman entitled "Perception, Perspective and Representation in North America" in which Dick Termes and his work is discussed
- Rudy's Blog has a wonderful explanation of Dick Termes Termespheres and shows the environment of the domes Termes works in
- A great article by SCIENCE on Termes’ work
- This shows a video of Termes" HANDS ON PARTNERSHIP showing that is touring the state of South Dakota which shows the connection of math and art
- This shows many spheres which tie to the Math/Art connection put together by a group called Bridges which meet in a different country every years Archived 2008-10-14 at the Wayback Machine .
- Termes, Dick A. (1991). "Six-Point Perspective on the Sphere: The Termesphere". Leonardo. 24 (3): 289–292. doi:10.2307/1575568. JSTOR 1575568. S2CID 193027222.
- This is an article on Termespheres which gets into some wonderful details on Termes's work
- Papathomas, Thomas (2008). "Art pieces that 'move' in our minds — an explanation of illusory motion based on depth reversal". Spatial Vision. 21 (1–2): 79–95. doi:10.1163/156856807782753958. PMID 18073052.