bill ternay - biography
Bill Ternay was raised on a farm in Olivet, NJ, where his parents also ran the local country store. He is a 1964 graduate of what is now the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
During his over 45 year career as an illustrator and painter he has done everything from set design for the Mike Douglas Show, advertising illustration, children’s books, murals, portraits and landscape paintings in a variety of mediums. Bill’s courtroom drawings have appeared on all of the TV networks. Bill has taught at the University of the Arts, the Mainline Art Center, and the Wayne Art Center in Pennsylvania. He was chairman of the Illustration Department at Moore College of Art and Design from 1989 to 1993. He currently teaches at the Barn Studio of Art in Millville, NJ. Bill has taught workshops in Provence, France, the Noyes Museum in NJ, and at Mt. Cuba and Winterthur Botanical Gardens in Delaware. Bill is a past president of the Philadelphia Water Color Society. He has exhibited and won prizes in juried shows throughout the United States, including the “Arts for the Parks” competition in Jackson Hole, WY.
Bill lives in Bala Cynwyd, PA. His favorite places to paint are in the South Jersey farmlands and wetlands of his youth in addition to the Schuylkill River, and Deer Island, ME, where he and his family have a log cabin. Bill’s paintings and adventures as an artist can be seen on his blog: www.postcardsfromphilly.blogspot.com
During his over 45 year career as an illustrator and painter he has done everything from set design for the Mike Douglas Show, advertising illustration, children’s books, murals, portraits and landscape paintings in a variety of mediums. Bill’s courtroom drawings have appeared on all of the TV networks. Bill has taught at the University of the Arts, the Mainline Art Center, and the Wayne Art Center in Pennsylvania. He was chairman of the Illustration Department at Moore College of Art and Design from 1989 to 1993. He currently teaches at the Barn Studio of Art in Millville, NJ. Bill has taught workshops in Provence, France, the Noyes Museum in NJ, and at Mt. Cuba and Winterthur Botanical Gardens in Delaware. Bill is a past president of the Philadelphia Water Color Society. He has exhibited and won prizes in juried shows throughout the United States, including the “Arts for the Parks” competition in Jackson Hole, WY.
Bill lives in Bala Cynwyd, PA. His favorite places to paint are in the South Jersey farmlands and wetlands of his youth in addition to the Schuylkill River, and Deer Island, ME, where he and his family have a log cabin. Bill’s paintings and adventures as an artist can be seen on his blog: www.postcardsfromphilly.blogspot.com