EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 11 © 2015 The Book Palace (96 pages PAGES in Full edition)

78 The Studio: Mike Terry Mike Terry's fun filled caricatures dominated the world of UK advertising throughout the 1970s, garnering awards and acclaim for his ability to add pep and pizazz to whatever campaign he applied his talents to. Beyond that he has carved out a career in children's books and is nowapplying his talents to fine art and sculpture as he reveals in this Q&A. PR: Did you always draw? MT: I was first introduced into the art world, unknowingly at the time, by the head master at junior school, I was asked to write the Lord’s Prayer on velum with illuminations. Nearly sixty years later it may well still be there. My ability grew at senior school resulting in my decision to enter art school at the age of sixteen after staying on for another year to improve my academic subjects due to being dyslexic. Also, I will always be grateful to two of the teachers there, one of them the art teacher, who put in a good word for me. And of course my mother and brother who assisted me through art school when I could have been out contributing to a single parent family. PR: Were any other members of your family artistic? MT: My mother would write short stories for herself, ABOVE: Koala for an advert for Qantas airlines late 1980s. LEFT: This brilliant depiction of a teacher for an insurance ad in the 1980s, shows Terry's mastery of caricature which is admirably complimented by his skill as a painter. FACING PAGE: A painting for the artist's very own letterhead captures the zany pizazz of Mike Terry's art.