Dick Termes is an American artist who uses a six-point perspective system that he devised to create unique paintings on large spheres called Termespheres. He is the world's leading spherical artist. In 2014, Dick was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame. He currently lives and works in

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Termespheres

Termespheres are paintings on spherical canvases that capture an entire environment (up, down, left, right, front and back). Their style was inspired by Termes's desire to "paint the total picture." Termespheres are typically hung by small chains and rotated with electric ceiling motors to reveal a complete, closed universe as the spheres slowly rotate. One of his termespheres is most famously used on the cover of an edition of ''

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'' of the late physicist

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Workshops and lectures

Termes conducts lectures and workshops for schools, universities, and the general public, revealing the connections between art and math/science in his work.

Personal life and education

Dick Termes was born in California, where his father worked in a shipyard. He received a B.S. with an art major from

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in 1964, a master's degree in art in 1969 from the

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(the time when the idea for the Termesphere was first developed) and Masters of Fine Arts at

Otis Art Institute Otis College of Art and Design is a Private university, private Art school, art and design school in Los Angeles, California, United States. Established in 1918, it was the city's first independent professional school of art. The main campus is l ...

of Los Angeles County, 1971. He joined the South Dakota State Arts Council in 1972.

Awards

*South Dakota Hall of Fame Induction, Chamberlain SD. 2014 *Rushmore Honors Award, Rapid City SD. 2006 *Breckenridge Festival of Film, Documentary TERMESPHERES: TOTAL WORLDS 2001 *Governor's Award for Distinction in Creative Achievement 1999 *S.D. Museum of Art- Artistic Achievement Citation, 1986 *Four South Dakota Arts Council Fellowship Grants, 1976-80-84-94 *Three Semesters paid by Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles Ca.1969–71 for MFA

References

External links

Dick Termes's personal web site
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* ttp://www.boingboing.net/2004/12/27/spherical-paintings.html A post on BoingBoing by David Pescovitz which describes Termespheres
Mathematical Paintings and Sculptures blog post on Dick Termes

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070813220434/http://www.mmi.unimaas.nl/people/Veltman/articles/perspectives/art35.htm A paper by Kim H. Veltman entitled "Perception, Perspective and Representation in North America" in which Dick Termes and his work is discussed]
Rudy's Blog has a wonderful explanation of Dick Termes Termespheres and shows the environment of the domes Termes works in

A great article by SCIENCE on Termes’ work

This shows a video of Termes" HANDS ON PARTNERSHIP showing that is touring the state of South Dakota which shows the connection of math and art

. * * ttps://books.google.com/books?id=6c0qxylJdH8C&dq=termesphere&pg=RA1-PA279 This is an article on Termespheres which gets into some wonderful details on Termes's work* {{DEFAULTSORT:Termes, Dick Living people Artists from South Dakota Black Hills State University alumni University of Wyoming alumni Otis College of Art and Design alumni People from Spearfish, South Dakota American male painters 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American male artists