ANNE's Visual Art Studio gallery in Partnership with BRICKFIRE Restaurant invites you to

"Current" by Terrie Powers on display October 15 - November 10, 2025 at BRICKFIRE Restaurant, 525 East Grace Street in Downtown Richmond, VA at the corner of East Grace and 6th Streets.

Free Event and Open to the Public during restaurant hours.

    “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Terrie Powers Artist Statement:

One of the strongest influences in my work is my deep connection to nature.  I paint our inter-connectedness with nature, also the relationship of different elements such as trees and sky, or stones and water. In my Bon Air, Virginia studio, surrounded by woods, I continue a painting practice that began in the 1970’s. My work is a dialogue between me and my environment, where the viewer is taken in by a peaceful and organic surround, where the spirit recognizes that everything is sacred.

Most of my work uses water-based paints such as acrylics, latex, and theatrical scene paints, because my techniques involve some freedom with water and many steps of thin layers. Having spent 39 years as a theatrical set designer and scenic artist, I sometimes work with the panel down flat on the floor so I can work wet, and I both spatter and drip the paint.

Because I like to see the evidence of a human hand in the work, I also generally include drawing in my paintings, with graphite or charcoal or pastels; I like how the details reveal textures that you do not at first see from a distance. My process involves observing, sketching and “gathering the light,” as I call it, to create the imagery that is neither realistic or abstracted.

I believe there is magic to be felt and seen, and I stimulate the viewer to experience that magic.

—Terrie Powers

More art and companion pieces by Terrie in

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208 West Broad St. / RVA / 23220

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Image: “Passage” by Terrie Powers 72” x 72” Acrylic on Wood Panel at Brickfire.

Brickfire Hours: Sunday, Monday + Wednesdays 11-9PM, Thursdays-Saturdays 11-10PM. Closed Tuesdays