Terry Sauvé was born in Chicago in 1967. She has been painting in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1996 when she settled here to attend the Academy of Art College. She has studied with some of the area’s best painters including Brian Blood, Craig Nelson, William Maughn and Randall Sexton. Her primary focus is on landscape painting. Feeling a deep connection with nature, she is inspired by the natural light falling over a scene. Capturing this magical quality of light is one focus of her paintings, as is “pushing” the color found in nature to enhance the painting. Her method includes taking photographs, making sketches and/or color studies on location. From these references she works on larger finished paintings in her studio. Here, she transmits what she has absorbed from studying color and light in nature into her paintings. The scenes she creates evoke a sense of expansive stillness, a quiet moment where the viewer can take a peaceful respite.
Terry has received national recognition, being included in the 2007 Paint the Parks “Mini Top50”. Her prize-winning work was included in the Academy of Art’s Annual Spring Show for four consecutive years and published in the “New Fillmore” monthly newspaper (Oct. 2002).
Terry resides in San Francisco with her husband, musician and composer, Paul Scheffert and their son, David Paul.
