John Charles Terelak (born 1942) is an American Impressionist artist known for painting scenes of New England.

John Terelak was born in 1942 in Boston, Massachusetts,[1] and entered the Vesper George School of Art in 1960, becoming an instructor there after graduating.

[2] In 1975 he founded the Gloucester Academy of Fine Art.

[1] His paintings are included in collections including: the Andrew Mellon Foundation, Sheraton Corporation, Winthrop Financial Corporation, Prudential Insurance Company, Bank of Boston, Shawmut Bank, State Street Bank, Boston, and the Sterling-Regal Publishing Company.

[citation needed] His works have been included in exhibitions at The National Academy of Design, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Springfield Museum, and The Butler Museum, among others.