Terri Maxfield Lipp was born and raised in a tiny town, right smack dab on the border between forest and corn. Seemingly from birth, she was always attracted to looking at or making art, even trading in birthday-cake-wishes for a pony, for more crayons, tempera, and big pieces of paper. Many years later, after an extensive period of…oh, let’s call it “The Years Of Introspection”(many of which were spent in photo labs, art galleries, and bars), she received a degree with honors in Art History from Northern Illinois University in 2001, with minor studies in Fine Arts, Anthropology, and Philosophy. After college, taking all of her hard-earned non-marketable skills on the road, she accidentally moved to a gorgeous little hill town in central Italy for eight years. During this time she was a monthly columnist for the Chicago based magazine “Fra Noi,” chronicling her wacky adventures in a series published as “Io Vagabonda.” She happily resided in Washington, DC before she moved back to Italy in August 2015. She is a full time painter, Empress (ahem…yes…long story…), and the Executive Director of TML Arts, LLC. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, writing, thinking out loud, fuzzy slippers, ice cream and her Playstation.