Charlotte Terrell

Biography

Charlotte Terrell creates idealized landscapes that feel both timeless and familiar. Though fictional, her scenes evoke a sense of place rooted in memory, inviting viewers into quiet moments suspended in time.

Raised in Columbus, Mississippi, Terrell developed an early appreciation for fine art, gardens, and historic architecture. She earned a degree in landscape architecture from the University of Georgia and later worked for the New York City Department of Parks, contributing to the restoration of historic landscapes including Central Park.

Terrell continued her studies at Parsons School of Design and apprenticed with master finisher Ina Marks at the Isabel O’Neil School of Antique and Art Restoration, where she refined her knowledge of 19th-century decorative painting techniques.

Working on birch panels, Terrell builds surfaces with plaster, polished layers, oil paint, and translucent glazes, creating luminous, richly textured paintings. As Terrell has said, “These idealized landscapes are fictional places intended to be universally familiar to the viewer, a present moment in time.”

Terrell lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee.