Chez Cheryl

August 2014, Reflections on Summer

.... the Door Prize for Portraiture is now closed for the year. Artists arrived to pick up their work the last weekend in July and I have now transformed the space. These flowers were gracing the reception table and lasted through the better part of Julybut they are gone now, and I feel the passing of another wonderful event.

We had just under 200 guests come through to view the portraits. There were several episodes of people locking keys in their cars, and that provided those concerned, a chance to sit and savor the moment while awaiting arrival of a spare set of keys. We had the Broad Salon group meet here, and also lots of friends and family of many of the subjects featured in the paintings. The comments this year continue to be encouraging and favorable. People I don't even know now want to be a part of this event. I change the list around every year, and plans for 2015 include expanding the list.

Meanwhile, I have my own art work in three different spaces, all nonprofit art venues, the DCCF office lobby gallery in Sturgeon Bay, featuring work by me and Sally Everhardus, which will be up until Sept. 10.

The Hardy features a Collection Invitational each summer, and I was invited this year. My work is hanging next to my esteemed friend and favorite, Emmett Johns. The pieces featured include a small piece up for auction, a fundraiser for the Hardy. Also included is a duet of abstract work which showcases the direction I pursued last winter.

This dyptich is titled Eccentric Orbit and is currently hanging in the Hardy Gallery in Ephraim WI.

Magpie and Bush 2014

is currently on exhibit and available in the silent auction fundraiser being held at the Hardy Gallery, Ephraim WI. through the month of August.

This painting relates directly to the pieces currently on display at ON THE ROAD, the Miller Art Museum in Sturgeon Bay, which features work by 11 artists, and their work while traveling. I chose work from Australia 2005-2009.