USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum is excited to be hosting an art show entitled Chasing Time: The Story of Eastern Utah’s Geology through the Paintings of Terry Willis. This exhibit will be on display from November 19 through February 22. Castle Country Radio was able to sit down with the artist to discuss the show.

“This focuses on art that I’ve done, paintings that I’ve done over several years and when I paint, I like to go out into the area. I love Utah. I just love living here, I feel in love with this area as soon as I moved here about 40 years ago. Since then, I have been going out and exploring and I bring back my experiences and I put them on canvas,” stated Willis. Just to name a few her workings range from local areas such as the Bookcliffs, Wood Hill, and areas in Grand County and at Bryce Canyon.

The museum has gone around and incorporated rocks and other items that are from the areas of Terry’s paintings to help tell a story about that area. “The show is going to be called Chasing Time because when we look at these landscapes that Terry has so beautifully depicted. A geologist just like myself, I came out here because this is the best place to be a geologist too, these rocks all tell a story. So our job is to kind of to highlight Terry’s work was to kind of give a context behind these rocks, what story are they telling,” said Curator of Paleontology, Dr. Joshua Lively. There are actual rock samples on display by many of the paintings done by Terry. There will be some artifacts that will displayed in glass cases or some that will be available to handle.

The exhibit will be on display at the Prehistoric Museum beginning November 19 till February 28, 2022. The museum is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Regular admission rates will apply.