Sherry Loehr

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Artist Statement
I am interested in still life painting. Using a few common objects, I invite the viewer into a world of my own creation. This world is condensed, classical, geometric, and ordered, offering a respite from the fast-forward pace of contemporary life. I search for textures, layered to suggest the weathering of time. I explore the nuances of space between and around objects. I focus light and shadow to carve out and define space. I like quiet moods and subtle colors without names. I want these simple objects to exist in my paintings more beautifully than they do in life. A goal, perhaps unachievable. Studying Art History, I have followed still life as a thread, woven throughout centuries of painting. My guides have been Zurbaran, Thiebaud, Bravo, Caravagio and many, many others who have delighted in the painting of still life. Each artist has made ordinary objects sublime.

Education
B.F.A. in English Literature and Art, University of Colorado, 1969
MA in Art Education, Columbia University, 1970

Solo Exhibitions

Ventura Museum of History and Art, Ventura,CA

Jack Meier Gallery, Houston, TX
Live Oak Gallery, Ventura, CA

Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA

Buenaventura Gallery , Ventura, CA

Nomad Gallery, Ojai, CA

Collections
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

 Carnegie Art Museum

Municipal Art Collection, Ventura, CA

City of Ojai,CA

Published Works

Nita Leland, The New Creative Artist, North Light Books,2006, pages 79,83,98
Master Artist Showcase, International Artist Magazine, 2003
Feature, The Artist's Magazine, 2003
"Special Series: The Still Life", Southwest Art Magazine, December
2002
"Best of the West", Southwest Art Magazine, September, 2002
"California Report", International Artist Magazine, December 2001-January 2002

Selected Exhibits and Awards
"Birds in Art", Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausaw, WI
2003 - 28th Ex. Master Artist, Focus on the Masters, Ventura County
2002 Individual Artist Grant, received from the City of Ventura
"Birds in Art", Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausaw, WI 2002 - 27th Ex.
Selected for traveling exhibition to Arizona Sonora Desert Museum (Tucson), Sordoni Art Gallery (Wilkes University), Wildlife Experience (Parker, CO)
Birds in Art", Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausaw WI, 1998 - 23rd Ex. Selected for traveling exhibition.
76th Annual National Watercolor Society Exhibition, Potomac Valley Artist's Award, 1996, selected for signature membership.

Memberships
National Watercolor Society California
Gold Coast Watercolor Society

Open edition prints for her work are produced and distributed worldwide by Art in Motion, Vancouver, Canada.