Terry Mcmanus

Terry Mcmanus was born in Coventry on 17.12.1963. He has always been very passionate about art, especially wildlife and art connected with films and children's book illustrations. 

 Over the years his work has been chosen several times by fine art publishers to be used for limited and open run fine art prints. In 2005 one of his prints originally produced for the World Land Trust was featured in a BBC television drama 'Gideon's Daughter'. The programme was produced by Stephen Poliakoff, staring a cast of quality actors including Bill Nighy, Miranda Richardson and Tom Hardy.  Art was always a passion and after leaving Jaguar cars he went on to become a full time Art Lecturer at Coventry College for 25 years. He has now taken early retirement to focus on his books and artwork. 

 His most recent publication 'Phantasmagorical' is the final book from his trilogy also including 'Under the stars with Leo-pard' and 'Rosa's Story'. The inspiration behind these childrens books came from a trip to a nature reserve in Belize. This trip was sponsored by jaguar cars with the understanding that artwork would be produced for them. It was during this trip the idea for Leo-pard and his friends were born.