7/27/2012

South Dakota Trip

Came across a couple of interesting artists while in South Dakota.  The first was Dick Termes, near Spearfish.

Dick Termes is an internationally acclaimed artist who’s work has been recognized from San Francisco to Paris, France, from New York to Japan and his one of a kind spherical paintings have been published in books all over the world. Recently, Termes’ piece titled “The Big Bang” was featured on the cover of France’s publication of  Une Belle Histoire du Temps which means A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking.
Unlike any other painter; Termes paints on spheres which, when completed, are known as Termespheres. Each Termesphere is a revolving three-dimensional space/time exploration of an entirely closed universe, meaning that what you see, rotating in front of you, is one complete world or environment.


Holding Together, by Dick Termes


At the Prairie Edge Trading Co. & Galleries in Rapid City, I came upon the paper sculpture of Patty and Allen Eckman.



Old Buffalo Bull SkullHeight 3 3/4 inches | Width 7 1/2 inches | Depth 7 1/2 inches 

Prairie Edge HuntHeight 5 feet, 10.5 inches
Width 8 feet, 6 inches
Depth 15 inches