Artist Terry Isaac is a native North-Westerner. Living in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, between the Cascade Mountain Range and the Pacific Ocean, he paints the wildlife and landscapes of the western United States. Although Isaac received a formal art education, graduating with honours, he believes his best training has come from being outdoors and from studying the work of his favourite wildlife artists.

Isaac particularly admires the art of the 19th century painters Thomas Moran and Albert Bierstadt, who painted the dramatic light and landscapes of the west. Isaac, painting predominantly in acrylics, strives to capture not only the characteristics of his wildlife subjects but also the light that surrounds them. He takes a great deal of care to depict both his subjects and their habitats with accuracy.

In the last few years, Isaac has placed in 12 stamp and print competitions. He enjoys participating in these state and national fish and waterfowl stamp and print competitions because they require high standards of painting technique, design, animal anatomy and habitat. Isaac feels these competitions have sharpened his skills and have given him the opportunity to compete with the nation’s finest wildlife artists.

Isaac has been selected to participate in several important art exhibitions, including the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s prestigious "Birds in Art" exhibitions. He was also commissioned to produce 14 waterfowl drawings for the Audubon Bird Handbook, published in 1987.