Henri Teris has been involved in drawing, painting and sculpture for some 30 years and since closing his architectural practice a few years ago, has concentrated on painting full time. His recent interest in the Australian Landscape is the result of an extensive visit with experienced locals to the Flinders Ranges, in South Australia.
His formal training began with drawing classes at the Julian Ashton School at the Rocks in Sydney when he was eighteen and continued at university with tutors such as James Gleeson, Harry Seidler and Peter Koller and subsequently at the Swiss Cottage art school in London.. He then spend five years in Nigeria, a vibrant, never ending delight for a painter. Later in Australia he attended the Tom Bass sculpture studio at Erskineville. He is an exhibiting member of Portraits Australia and the Sculptors Society. His paintings and portraits are in private collections in Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and the UK.