Dale Terbush AOTW May/June 2024

Dale Terbush hasn’t kept count of the number of paintings he’s created during the course of his career—but, if he had to guess, he thinks the tally would be close to 10,000.

Terbush, who has been painting vibrant, light-infused landscapes for almost 55 years, works fast. When people often ask him how he is able to paint so quickly, he has a ready an- swer: “How many times do you have to paint a tree before you understand what a tree looks like? The same goes for clouds, mountains, any- thing,” he says. “How many times do you paint them before you know how to paint them?”