Terry Orletsky

Turner is inspiring. "Indistinctness is my forte." Turner's work glows with light and everything is infused with motion. He is arguably our greatest landscape painter' None of his landscapes are static. My work emulates his. Landscapes are fluid; skies threaten, clouds move, grain sways, trees rustle. A city scape is frenetic with abstract traffic. Mist rises and a path beckons one into the scene. The canvas is attacked with knife and brush and enthusiasm. I like my paintings to exude moods and motion and the evolution of my art tends more and more to the knife and the abstract; expressionism vs. impressionism.

I now live in San Diego next to the sea. My roots are in the prairies of Alberta and the mountains of the Canadian Rockies. I paint what I know from my past and my present and my travel destinations - whether it is a vista before me or a memory entrenched in my mind. My recent series of portraits entitled "Recollection" represents those of us nearing the end of our lives and pondering what has come before.

One reviewer wrote:
"Beautiful depth, perspective and feeling emits from these works of art. The artist actually takes you into the painting so that you can feel the work. I will look forward to keeping an eye on futur...

-University of California San Diego (UCSD) at The Loft Apr 10, 2018 to Jun 13, 2018.
-Ashton Gallery San Diego Sep 22 to Oct 20 2018 "Home & Harvest"
-Ashton Gallery San Diego Nov 24 2018 to Jan 5 2019 "C Note Exhibition "
-"The Winter Show", Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Dec 7, 2018 to Jan 2, 2019
-Emerald Spring Painting Exhibition 2019, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR May 1 to May 31, 2019. Award winning "Upon the Heath".
-"Impressive: All Media 2019", Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA May 2 to May 31, 2019
-San Diego County Exhibition of Fine Art, May 31 - July 4, 2019 Del Mar CA
-"Color Vibrations" Exhibition, The Cove Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA June 8 - July 25, 2019
-Newport Beach Art Exhibition, Newport, CA June 15, 2019
-California Coastal Exhibition, The Cove Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA July 26 - September 26, 2019
-Ashton Gallery San Diego Nov 30 2019 to Jan 4 2020 "C Note Exhibition "
-Small Wonders", Autumnal Series, The Cove Gallery, Nov 22, 2019 to Jan 30, 2020
-"The Winter Show", Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Dec 6, 2019 to Jan 17, 2020
-"HABITAT CALIFORNIA: Flora & Fauna", Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Feb 8, 2020 to May 23,2020
-Del Mar Fair Fi...