I use the still life as a visual poem about my culture and my life using the symbolism of objects and color.
Terry A. Ybanez is an artist and educator. She has exhibited her paintings and prints in the US, Mexico, Argentina, France and Kuwait.
She is an art educator of 35 years and is currently teaching art at Brackenridge High School. Ms. Ybanez has illustrated three children’s books: Hairs/Pelitos by Sandra Cisneros, The Christmas Tree/El Arbol de La Navidad by Alma Flor Ada and It’s Not Fair/No Es Justo by Carmen Tafolla & Sheryl Teneyuca.
She is currently working on a series called The Family Tree which focuses on four descendent families of Mission San Jose and a second project on one of her favorite genres, still lifes.
