8 x 10" Oil on Board

Terry Masters - Artist

Terry is an Award Winning Painter, most notably placing First at the Balboa Island Huse Gallery Plein Air Invitational.

He credits Ken Auster, the well known Laguna, California, painter for helping him to discover his “love of painting outdoors in oil”... or “en plein air”. He went on to also study with Daniel Gerhartz, Mark Kerckhoff, Jeremy Lifking, and Matt Smith. Recently he is featured in the Connoiseur Magazine, a magazine for collectors.

His work can be seen online or through his gallery, Desertpainter Studio Gallery located in Historic Downtown Palm Springs. DPSG carries the work of renowned artists and promising “up and comers”.

Desertpainter Studio Gallery is the home and working studio of Terry Masters who is a resident of the Coachella Valley and a leading painter of the desert plein air movement. He is a co-founder of the desert chapter of the California Art Club, is an artist member of Laguna Plein Air Painters, and a member of the faculty of the Desert Art Center. His works are found in reference books documenting noted California painters.

Terry was raised in Coachella Valley and has a deep appreciation for the beauty found in the light of the desert. Having spent his youth exploring the desert's canyons and vistas has given him an in-depth knowledge of the many places that lend themselves to being painted in the manner that Terry is so well known for.

“I always work to raise my ability to portray beautiful light and color on subjects in the most convincing way that I can.” ---Terry Masters