In the early seventies in Oklahoma, Terrie Hancock Mangat spent her days in the art shed beside the house. These were earthy and heady days spent perfecting the reverse appliqué technique, sitting at the ceramics wheel and firing a kiln in the yard.

Back to Cincinnati in 1980, the artist moved upstairs... Visitors to Terrie's family home were promptly escorted up two flights of stairs to the third-story studio where, under skylights and surrounded by shelves of fabrics, quilts of merit were created. Teaching, painting, embroidery and embellishment were tasks for the Court Street and Pendleton studios in downtown Cincinnati, but it was here in the third floor at 3 Madison Lane where the big ideas were born and the big risks were taken.

On to Taos in 1994. A three-room adobe in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains underwent massive conversion to a hacienda-style mountain art complex. Forty years of learned experience in art-making culminated in the ideal plan and flawless execution of the artist's workspace. Open air, large display walls, proper storage, soft angles, the earth's materials and perfect light. The artist's studio was complete.