"Terry Redlin has had an interest in nature since early childhood in Watertown, South Dakota. An unfortunate motorcycle accident ended his dream of becoming a forest ranger so he opted to pursue a career in the graphic arts. Redlin earned a degree from the St. Paul School of Associated Arts and spent 25 years working in commercial art as a layout artist, graphic designer, illustrator and art
...see more »director. In his leisure time, he researched wildlife subjects and settings. Redlin is one of the greatest collected painters of wildlife and Americana. From 1991 through 1998, he was named America's Most Popular Artist in annual gallery surveys conducted by U.S. ART magazine. He was inducted into U.S. ART's Hall of Fame in 1992 following the magazine's poll of 900 galleries nationwide which placed five of Redlin's limited editions in the top eleven in popularity. Redlin won the Minnesota Duck Stamp competition in 1981 and 1985. In 1982 he won the Minnesota Trout Stamp contest and placed second in the Federal Duck Stamp Competition. He has been honored as Artist of the Year for Ducks Unlimited both National and Minnesota and as Conservationist of the Year - Magnum Donor by the Minnesota Waterfowl Association for his gifts of entire print collections. The National Association of Limited Edition dealers have presented him three times with the Lithograph of the Year award for excellence in the medium. In 1992 he completed a series of paintings representing each line in the first stanza of America the Beautiful. All eight which depict American life from the settling of the west to the present day were released as limited edition prints over a three year period ending in January, 1995. The series has been showcased in art and consumer magazines nationwide, and it has been acclaimed by thousands of collectors. "Terry Redlin Paints America the Beautiful" is a video presentation produced by Hadley House that earned a coveted Telly Award in the 1993 national competition. Redlin's most compelling project is the construction of the museum to house his original art in Watertown, South Dakota where he now resides. The Redlin Art Center, which includes a regional tourism office and amphitheater, opened in the summer of 1997 and has had more than 2 million visitors from all over the world. Terry Redlin donated the $10 million museum to the State of South Dakota in appreciation for an art scholarship he received after graduating from high school in Watertown. Original Redlin paintings sold for $50,000 to $75,000 when they were last on the market. Now they could be considered priceless because they are not for sale. He has not sold any originals since 1985 when he agreed to his son's suggestions that he build the museum to house them. "Morning Retreat" his first major print for Ducks Unlimited broke the $5,000 mark at three different banquets. At more than a dozen other banquets, it sold for more that $3,500. As interest in Redlin's work and that of other wildlife artists grew, galleries started opening up in small towns all over the country where the banquets were held. And as the concept of limited edition prints gained acceptance, more publishers began representing artists and making prints available. He was honored in 1998 by the City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota by having an elementary school named in his honor. Terry Redlin Elementary School opened in the fall of 1998."« see less
