About the Artist :: Terry Elkins
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Terry Elkins received a MFA from the University of Houston in 1978 and has lived in Bridgehampton, on the East End of Long Island, NY since 1987. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States, and is in numerous public and private collections. Terry Elkins has been the recipient of two Pollock- Krasner Foundation awards. Mr Elkins has also taught classes in “plein air” for The Parrish Art Museum, Guild Hall, and the Victor D’Amico Institute of Art. He is an active member of the Long Island Chapter of the National Lighthouse Society. He’s also been active for the last 8 years in his community as a volunteer EMT for the Bridgehampton Fire Department. Through his art, Mr. Elkins continues the tradition of Long Island’s rich heritage of landscape painters like John Frederick Kensett, William Merritt Chase, Thomas Moran, and Childe Hassam.