TERRY DONAHUE
Terry Donahue’s back was killing him. He was losing his hair. His job was killing him. “My back was so tight; my muscles were so stressed. I’d go for treatment and they’d say, ‘My God. What do you do for a living?’ I’d say, ‘Well, I draw.’ “Not the kind of drawing he wanted to do, though. The 1983 UNO graduate was a commercial artist. “I’d work day and night on a piece to illustrate something, then have someone sit there, someone with no artistic ability whatsoever, and have them rip apart everything I had done. I hated the work.” In the mid-1990s Donahue made a change, devoting himself to his first love, fine art, with impressionistic compositions of wildlife. Only he did so using chalk pastels, a medium few other wildlife artists have attempted. And where others have tried but failed, Donahue has emerged as an internationally acclaimed and award-winning master. His work is on display in numerous galleries and has been featured in Wildlife Art Magazine, the Pastel Journal, Bugle and The Artist’s magazine. His paintings have been showcased in many prestigious wildlife exhibits in North America and Europe.