Terry Widener  

Terry Widener was born and raised in a small town outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1950.  In his youth, he had the freedom to roam and explore the town and surrounding countryside with his friends. Terry draws from these experiences, which are evident in his paintings, today.

Terry’s formal art training began in elementary school and continued through high school and college. He was also very involved in sports as a participant and viewer, and combined these two interests to attend the University of Tulsa on an athletic scholarship where he received a BFA majoring in graphic design. He worked as a graphic designer in Tulsa until he and his wife, Leslie, an art director and stylist, moved to Dallas, Texas, in 1980. In 1981, Terry started his own studio concentrating primarily on illustration and in 1991, they moved their family and his studio to McKinney, Texas.

In 1995, Terry illustrated his first children’s picture book, Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man (Gulliver) written by David A. Adler. Since that time, he has illustrated over twenty children’s picture books and has worked with clients from the United States, Europe, and Japan.

His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including Sports Illustrated, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. He has also done work for major corporations such as Coca-Cola, and Time, Inc., along with some of the premier advertising agencies in the world. His work has won numerous awards for design and illustration and is in the permanent collection of Harvard, The Ad Center of Chiba, Japan, Aesculap Corporation of Germany, Burger King, and private collectors across the country.

Terry continues to illustrate picture books. His portfolio can be viewed at www.new-work.com. Terry has limited edition giclee sports prints available on his website, terrywidenerart.com.

More books illustrated by Terry Widener:

The Babe and I written by David A. Adler (Harcourt)
America’s Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle written by David A. Adler (Harcourt)
The Twins and the Bird of Darkness, written by Robert San Souci (Simon & Schuster)
Tambourine Moon, written by Joy Jones (Simon & Schuster)
Girl Wonder, written by Deborah Hopkinson (Simon & Schuster)
Roy Makes a Car, written by Mary E. Lyons (Simon & Schuster)
Joe Louis - America’s Fighter, written by David A. Adler (Harcourt)
The House of Joyful Living, written by Roni Schotter (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Steeltown written by Jonah Winter (Atheneum)