TERRY'S INSPIRATION IN PAINTINGS COMES FROM HER TRAVELS AND THE PEOPLE SHE MEETS.
CHILDREN ARE VERY IMPORTANT IN HER LIFE AS AN ARTIST AND ALTHOUGH PAINTING IS FIRST IN HER CAREER, TEACHING ADULTS AND CHILDREN IS A  CLOSE SECOND.

MS. STREET HAS TAUGHT FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS AND WAS DIRECTOR OF THE ART DEPARTMENT IN  A PRIVATE SCHOOL.  HER EXPERTISE HAS TAKEN HER TO POLAND, SLOVAKIA AND HUNGRY WHERE SHE WAS INVITED TO PRESENT A PAPER ON ART THERAPY FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN.  RECENTLY MS STREET ILLUSTRATED A BOOK "CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY" BY JEANNE LEWIN.O.T.

MS. STREET HAS EXHIBITED HER WORK IN NEW YORK AT THE KNICKERBOCKER ART GUILD, ALLIED ARTISTS, CITY CENTER ART GALLERY, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN AND THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON D.C.  SHE IS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON D.C.  HER WORK IS IN MANY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ACROSS COUNTRY. HER AWARDS INCLUDE PRESIDENTS SWEEPSTAKES IN A RECENT SHOW AND THIRD PLACE AND HONORABLE MENTIONS IN OTHER SHOWS.  HER WORK IS IN MANY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS INCLUDING STATE SENATORS AND PEOPLE IN THE THEATER INDUSTRY.

MS. STREET IS A MEMBER OF THE WATERCOLOR SOCIETY OF OREGON AND THE OSA (OREGON SOCIETY OF ARTISTS), ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE NORTHWEST WATERCOLOR SOCIETY,  SHE IS ALSO A LIFE MEMBER OF THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE AND THE ORIENTAL ART SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA.

MS STREET HAS RECENTLY  BEEN INCLUDED IN THE WHO's WHO OF AMERICAN WOMEN FOR 2006-2007