Artist Profile/Statement

Born 1953 Great Falls, Montana

I have always loved and have had a need to create art. My best memories from childhood would be the room length chalk murals in grade school that I would spend my recesses inside drawing the outlines for; enabling some of the other kids to color them in later. Through independent study of impressionists like Van Gogh and Monet, my work continues to evolve; also by trial and error and the pure love of painting for over the past 30 years. For more than 25 years I worked exclusively with watercolor. Most recently I have been painting with oils. The medium however, is not as paramount as the process. I am very committed to my work; it is what defines me and drives me. My subject is predominately nature, which has likewise become my teacher. Nature is truth and I have become a keen observer of the subtle and mutable relations that it shares throughout the day with the sun. Living in the mountains, where the land is less altered, has made me much more aware of it. There is so much happening in nature on any given day in any given moment. I attempt to capture glimpses of it to learn from and share.

Currently Cheryl's work is being featured at the following Galleries:

Taos Fine Art -- Taos, NM

Meadowlark Gallery -- Billings, MT

Gallery 16 -- Great Falls, MT

SELECTED JURIED & INVITATIONAL ART EXHIBITIONS

Mid-Century Modern Exhibition 2009-2010 - Bontanical Gardens • Denver, CO

Salon International 2009 • 2010 - Greenhouse Gallery San Antonio, TX

American Women Artists Show 2004 - Santa Fe, NM • 2007 - Scottsdale, AZ • 2008 - Pasadena, CA

Charles M. Russell Art Show & Auction 1986 • 1990 • 2003 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2010 - Great Falls, MT

International Miniature Art Show • 2000 Second Pl • 2003 Merit Award • 2007 Third Pl- Casper, WY

Miniature Art Society of Florida International Show 2002 • 2003 Honorable Mention • 2004 Honorable Mention • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 - Clearwater, FL

Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society International Exhibition 2001 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 Honorable Mention • 2007 • 2008 1st place Oils and Acrylics • 2009 - Washington, DC

Festival of the Arts 2002 -Lake Oswego, OR

20th Annual North American Miniature Exhibition 2003 - Baltimore, MD

Views of the West 2001 People's Choice Award and Honorable Mention • 2002 - Lakewood, CO

Colorado Art Open 2005 - Foothills Art Center -Golden, CO

Sierra Artist Gallery Show 2006 -Mariposa, CA

Russell's Masters in Miniature 2006 • 2007 • 2008 - Great Falls, MT

The Art of the Miniature 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 - Bethlehem, PA

International Miniature Art Show 2006 Third Place • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 - Nags Head, NC

Evergreen Artist Association Annual Show, Award winner 1990-2000 - Evergreen, CO