"Underpaintings and substrates. Zip lines and scarps. Push/pull and thrusts. These terms, the former from art, the latter from geology, when defined in the broadest sense parallel one another; viewing Terry Millikan's latest work creates a bridge spanning Art and Science."

Talking with Terry Millikan leaves no question in your mind that here is a talented, informed and dedicated artist that truly loves what she does. And..the more you know her, the more you want to know. Sitting amidst the cactus gardens she and her husband have designed and cultivated, looking out over the desert scenery that surrounds her home, it becomes clear where Terry's inspiration lies.

Terry is a native Minnesotan who traveled throughout the United States, Mexico, South America and Southern Europe using her slides, snapshots and sketches upon which to base her work. In 1997 she became an artist-in-residence at Joshua Tree National Park, and ultimately relocated to the Mojave Desert. This inspired her latest creation of the "Western Labrynth Series."

"I've studied the topography and the history of the land -- the earthquakes, the tectonic plates -- there are very tumultuous forces under the superficial skin of the earth," she says. "In a way, it's the same as we are, how we all hide under our own masks that we wear. The land represents multiple psychological levels, as well as physical. It's allowed me an awsome, spiritual contact with the earth," says Terry.

We hope that as you peruse these pages, you'll come to appreciate the person behind the art as much as the art itself.