(...Still reading gee I thought this was a cure for insomnia !!)
Tel then decided to join the West Australian Police, no great burning desire to be a Police Officer. A couple of years service would look good on the CV he thought !! Suburban and country station work followed, the odd smack in the mouth was received and he had the pleasure of working with some of the best people he’d ever met. Eventually life turned full circle and he became the first full time Police Artist in the WAPOL. After 31 years service he retired.
Throughout his life Terry has drawn and painted many things but has always had a strong affinity for caricature. Workmates and bosses were always handy targets.
He has been producing caricatures, in many mediums, for more than 30 years and his works adorn thousands of homes and businesses. Tel’s wonderfully rendered, realistic style of caricature is very distinct from the quick cartoony type that abound. He has totally embraced digital creation (though they all start as a pencil sketch !) and its vastly increased versatility over traditional methods, particularly in producing a stunning quality that is very difficult to emulate, at a reasonable price. He’s determined, though, to one day persevere with those acrylics and oils in the cupboard. His works are quickly gaining international recognition and he has had several overseas commissions. (...ain’t the internet wonderful !)
He is one of only five Australian members of the International Association of Caricature Artists (ISCA) an organisation of 600 of the worlds best caricature artists. He is also a member of the Australian Cartoonists Association, the ACA, the world’s oldest cartoonist organisation formed back in 1924.
He lives on an acre block in Glen Forrest in the Hills East of Perth with his wife Nola, several ‘Staffies’, and does caricatures when the gardening, golf and house husband duties permit ............ but Tel will be happy squeeze in the time to do a caricature for you !
( * ..... and so began an unswerving, and mainly
unrewarded, life long devotion to the Tractor Boys ! )
