My work is about adapting people to nature.



My sculptures and public art installations are universal. They are examples of ecological design, the art and science of adapting culture to nature. I make TURTLE  ISLANDS that clean the water. SEASERPENTS that absorb and digest petrochemicals and pesticides. PTERODACTYL NESTS, a public educational program for the last couple of decades as the climate has changed enough to be a great habitat for them, not so much for humans.

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My paintings are personal, lovers and dancers, dreams and memories on two sided geotextiles that are wall hangings tell the stories that are mine and yours. I have recently discovered that many of these artworks illustrate a book that I wrote when I was marooned in Mexico MAYAN GARDEN. This describes the spiritual journey in southern Belize after I was stricken with dementia for two years. I was poisoned in my art studio in Lawrence Massachusetts.

 

My design work of WATERFLOWERS started with small Zen gardens and water features that quickly grew to parks and golf courses, creating watershed management plans for hundreds of acres. Today I continue this work at Danehy Park in Cambridge Massachusetts where I make my PTERODACTYL NESTS and the MARSH DRAGON, both talk about climate change.  

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What are other people saying about me?

Here are three examples, a museum curator, Architect and an environmental business leader, in their own words. 

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“I believe local environmental art projects are particularly important for identifying new opportunities for innovative problem solving and that Terry is well-suited and committed to carry through with his proposed project. I would welcome the opportunity to work with him again at PEM.” Jane Winchell Jane M. Winchell the Sarah Fraser Robbins director The Dotty Brown Art & Nature Center.

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“Terry was not just a good theorist in formulating policy but also a very practical person in the field when applying his knowledge. I have continued to follow his work and it continues to earn my admiration.”

*Michael J. Hurdzan**, Ph.D., ASGCA Fellow*

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Terry is an artist and ecological designer with unique perspective and talent. We were originally introduced in 1993 by a landscape architect who highly recommended his ongoing work to plan and execute environmental art projects for the City of Cambridge related to reclamation of contaminated sites and to protection of public water supply. Terry was able to help bring together diverse audiences to collaborate on problems that had previously caused alienation, stigma, and conflict. His ability to help City officials identify positive solutions that people could visualize (through drawings and eventually executed works) and assist with (through hands-on help, and also thoughtful support at public meetings and other non-physical avenues) made him into something of a Pied Piper for restoration. I soon came to share the appreciation for Terry’s talent as an artist, community organizer, and ecological steward.

Wendi Goldsmith, Center for Urban Watershed restoration

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