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Cheryl Keefer
Fine Art
About the Artist
Award Winning Plein Air Painter
Inspired by the genre of my southern heritage, and by my old friends, Rembrandt, Monet, and Sargent, with whom I became acquainted at an early age, I paint on location and from life. Painting celebrates my God-given coexistence with man and nature.
Growing up the daughter of a legacy of Alabama teachers, preachers and farmers, there was little money for entertainment outside the home. As a child, I spent countless hours porring over art history books, and drawing family members and farm scenes. At age 13, I began my journey with paint and canvas, and today my journey continues.
Painting from life involves spontaneous, astute use of color, and sure, but loose brushwork. I find that this way of painting is the most challenging and exciting, allowing me to work directly with paint on virgin canvas. As I work with my subject laid out before me, I feel an emotional connection. This intimacy with the subject is what I wish to convey to the viewer.
Links
Kate McNally www.katemcnally.com
Michael Chesley Johnson www.wheezard.blogspot.com
Ovanes Berberian www.newmastersgallery.com/ArtistsB/berberian.htm
Formal Education
B.S. Art Education/Art History, Jacksonville State University
M.A. Gifted Education/Painting/Art History, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Post Graduate Painting, Virginia Commonwealth University
Recent Shows and Honors
- Solo Exhibit, Grace Center, Fletcher, NC
- First Place Award, Swannanoa Valley Fine Art Show, Black Mountain Center for the Arts, Black Mountain, NC
- Accepted, Grace Center 7th Annual Art Exhibition, September 2007, Fletcher, NC
- Accepted, Swannanoa Valley Arts League Annual Juried Exhibit, August 2007, Black Mountain, NC
- Work accepted and purchased, Quick Draw Competition, Easton Plein Air Festival, Easton Maryland, July 2007
- Watercolor commission by the Garden Club of America, 2007
- Solo exhibit, Running Away! Blount County Memorial Museum, Oneonta, Alabama, January 2007
- Chosen to represent the Western North Carolina Plein Air Painters in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, January/February 2007 Issue
- Barbs, Pickets, Words and Dreams, Juried Smithsonian Exhibit at the Carnegie
- Visual Arts Center, Decatur, Alabama, 2006
- Awarded the Ellen Walker Scholarship, Delta Kappa Gamma, for portrait painting with
- Clayton J Beck, Palette and Chisel, Chicago, IL 2006
- Finalist, Swannanoa Valley Fine Art League Juried Exhibit, Black Mountain, NC, 2006
- Best of Show, Arts in the Park, Ft. Payne, Alabama
Professional Study
- Phillip Carpenter, Atlanta, mentor at Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL 1975-78
- Michael Drought, Detroit, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 1983-85
- Clayton J. Beck, III, Richard Schmid's student and associate, Palette and Chisel,
- Chicago, 2005-2006
- Pat Weaver, Dade City, FL, 2004
- John De La Vega, Nags Head, NC, 2003
- Roger Dale Brown, Nashville, TN, 2007
- Camille Przewodek, Petaluma, CA, 2007
Associations
North Carolina Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League http://www.svfal.org/our-artists-muralists-sculptors.html
Western North Carolina Plein Air Painters http://www.wncpleinair-painters.org
Alabama Plein Air Painters http://alabamapleinairartists.org/
Appalachian Pastel Society
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