February 9, 2013 Painting

Justin Terry's abstract paintings envelope the viewer, encouraging them to get lost in the movements within his expressive and energetic work. Born in Nashville, Tennessee and currently living and working in Brooklyn, Terry's paintings draw on the legacy of Lyrical Abstraction, building on their understanding of the musicality in painterly strokes. Through a thoroughly organic artistic process, Terry creates his mesmerizing abstractions based on spontaneity and intuition, which allow his paintings to develop a lyrical sensibility. Encouraging the viewer to become engrossed in his multiple colors, patterns and compositions, Terry explains, "I find the same type of pleasure through the act of looking, as I do when I listen to music that I love. What I want to do with these abstracts, is to give someone that sense of enjoyment, akin to listening to a song or musical composition, through seeing."