Banner artwork: Terrence Payne, Sometimes It Hurts To Be This Cool, silk screen print on paper, 19"x19" (one of an edition of 12). (Image cropped and reprinted with artist's permission)
About the artist: Terrence Payne has lived and worked in the Minneapolis area for the past fourteen years, building a body of unique and thought provoking work while exhibiting at galleries and universities throughout the Midwest. He creates pastel drawings and silk screen prints "out of a desire to glean the earnest beauty which results from the clumsy actions of humanity in everyday life. He takes the good days and the bad which accumulate to the sum of our character and presents them to his viewer with an appreciation which makes it easier to understand our own lives through the experiences of others."
Payne's work can be found in private, corporate, and collegiate collections nationally and internationally. Terrence founded Roslaux Gallery four years ago to give local emerging and mid career artists an opportunity to exhibit their work in an environment that would bring them high visibility while nurturing their artistic callings without the limitations imposed by many commercial galleries. Serving as gallery director since its inception, he has helped over forty local artists further their art careers through their involvement with Rosalux. You can see an extensive portfolio of his work on mnartists.org/terrance_payne or by visiting his website.
About the new project, Nest:
Minneapolis artists Amy Rice and Terrence Payne, in collaboration with Sotheby's real estate group, will soon open a joint exhibition, Nest, for which the artists will translate the imagery and patterns from their 2D works and render them into the physical world by applying them to textiles, furniture and 
other home furnishings in a conventional living environment provided by Sotheby's, the Alcoa House in St. Louis Park, MN. Their aim is to transform the living spaces into a colorful and fantastic installation for the viewer to experience and move through, essentially becoming a part of the work itself.
What: Nest: An Exhibition of Living
Where: Alcoa House, 8000 Westwood Hills Dr, St Louis Park
When: October 17th - 19th 2008
Related upcoming events:
Art for Choice Silent Auction, Graves 601 Hotel (Minneapolis, MN), October 10 from 6:30-9:30 pm, admission $35. (Proceeds from tickets and art auction to benefit Pro-Choice Resources)
Pilot Arts Group Show, 801 Lofts (Minneapolis, MN), opening reception October 11 from 6-9 pm (FREE); exhibition runs through February 7, 2009.
Credits: Terrence Payne (middle image), I Am the Baron of Beige, the Benedict of Banal, the Sultan of So-So (self-portrait), oil pastel, 52"x48". (Bottom image) Sofa upholstered with a fabric printed with a visual motif common in Payne's paintings; one of the pieces you'll find on view in Nest at the Alcoa House in St. Louis Park, MN.