A third-generation native of West Palm Beach, Terre is a daughter of Tommie Rybovich, the noted sports-fishing boat designer/builder. Like her father, Terre opts to work at the edge of what she knows, in a process of continuous questioning. Her drawing technique came to her years ago, while delirious with the flu. “Drawing backward” was the initial idea. In other words, creating an image by removing charcoal from paper, instead of making marks on a clean page. Because she was focused on figurative art, she used her body to remove the charcoal. The ghostly results were intriguing. They also sparked a reaction from her mind when it confronted creative input that it didn’t generate. A dialogue began then, between the mind and the bodyprint, that remains a part of the drawing process today. The result is that Terre creates artwork that her mind alone couldn’t have imagined. Since becoming a serious birder, Terre also makes drawings of birds based on photos she takes. And birds appear in some of her figurative works. Terre has her Bachelors in Politics and Economics from New York University. She has a Masters in Rural Sociology from Wisconsin-Madison. Her first career was in grassroots activism and grant-making. The activist experience forged an enduring commitment to this world. It also instilled a courageous drive that she now channels into art-making. Her drawings have been exhibited widely in South Florida, and are in a number of private collections. Terre’s drawings have been part of the Viewing Program of the Drawing Center in New York City since 2004.