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Terry Maxwell

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Terry and Deborah Maxwell

“I was still in high school when I had my first show,” Terry told me this morning. “It was the Arkansas City Sidewalk Art Festival.”

That was in the ’60s, and the art has continued as have the shows.

Terry is from Wichita and started painting watercolors in high school. “I had a really good art teacher, Charles Sanderson. He sort of inspired me. Well, not sort of, he really did inspire me. He was a great man and a great teacher.”

Maxwell came to Emporia to attend college and stayed.

When his wife, Deborah, was teaching jewelry and sculpture at Emporia High School, they traveled to art shows during the summers. In 1988, the Maxwells started traveling full time, all over the country, doing as many as 25 art shows a year.

“It was a great lifestyle,” Terry said. In February and March, they’d sell Terry’s watercolors in Florida. In the early summers, they’d do shows here and during July and August, they’d attend shows in northern states like Wisconsin and Michigan.

While many watercolor artists use a soft palette, Terry goes for the bold colors. Deep reds, blues, yellows, and oranges brighten his landscapes.

Terry and Deborah Maxwell are the main organizers for the Annual Art in the Garden held each June at Toad Hollow Daylily Farm east of Emporia. This is the 4th year for the event. And each December they gather artists for an art show at Emporia’s Plumb Place.

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  2. Terry truely has some fantastic stuff! I have a couple of his pieces. I am verrrry fond one the one right behind Debs left shoulder in the photo. Not on my budget this year though. I also liked some of the other gals stuff, can’t think of her name right now. She had beautiful one up for the silent auction that had a fallish scene with golden grasses and a couple of geese flying over, I bid on it. It looked very “Kansasy” I haven’t got a call so someone must have overbid me today. Oh well if they made more than 60 bucks on it then GREAT!!!!

  3. I loved Terry’s big water colors————but $800.00—– & I didn’t really have any place to hang one——–plus I was thinking —I could buy about 5 registered bred goats for that price——& make money on the goats——–So when Hubby said— buy it— if you want it———–I said—- no thank you—–I’d rather buy bred– registered goats!!!!!!!!!!
    Hubby & I were talking quitely—-but another woman who was looking at the same time we were—-at the water colors—-I thought was going to have the big one—–when I told hubby– no thank you——-I’d rather buy registered– bred goats!!!

  4. The silent Auction brought in $340. I got the Dave Leiker print. Donations on Saturday was $168. I didn’t hear how much came in on Sunday for Art scholarships and Camp Wood. It appeared to be a comparable ammount.

  5. Well it was all very nice———-& I’m sure everyone enjoyed all the work it took to put it together——& present it!
    And even if all the flowers were not blooming because of Mr. Weather—it was still beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. Terry, I know you have no idea who I am, but I have heard may stories about you and your gorgious painting for as long as I can remember. To make a long story short my father is Ronald DEAN Woodring and you were aparently friends in high school. Daddy would very much like to get in contact with you. Please contact me and let me know if this would be ok with you.

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