Art is ‘just like breathing’ to Norfolk artist behind 2025 Harborfest poster

Step into Terry Wylie’s studio and see the Mermaid City through his eyes. Life in Norfolk serves as the inspiration for a lot of the local painter’s works, and in Norfolk it doesn’t get any bigger than Harborfest.

The country’s largest, longest-running free maritime festival kicked off for its 49th year on Friday — with a special painted poster once again commemorating the occasion.

This year Wylie, a resident artist at Norfolk’s D’Art Center on Boush Street, was chosen to paint it…

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