About

Short Bio

Cheryl is a painter. She uses both oils or acrylic paint in her works. Her works are a blend of abstraction and surrealism - with a dash of geometric, for a twist. Some of her pieces are based on thoughts, memories or ideas. Other series of works are pure design, focusing on balance, depth, color, movement and repetition.

Statement

In painting, I visually reduce nature, buildings, landscape, and concepts into simple hard edge forms. I'm fascinated by the relationships these forms/objects have to each other as I place them into complex compositions. 

 

Biography

Cheryl graduated with honors from the Art Institute of Atlanta (1981).  Her course of study was Visual Communications/Graphic Design and her first job was staff artist at an advertising agency in Atlanta, GA.  Not liking the advertising world, she left to pursue a life as wife and homemaker, painting as a hobby and exhibiting occasionally.

 

In 2016, she began to paint professionally.  Her work is sharp-edged abstract and slightly surreal.  She combines these movements in her compositions in oil or acrylic, creating captivating imagery in color and mood.

Cheryl’s work has been exhibited at the local, state, national and international level.  She most recently won the Painting Award at the 6^th International Art Rèsilience Exhibition (2020) hosted by the Musèe Peinture de Saint-Frajou, France (online).  She won an Honorable Mention at the CAL National Invitational Show, Conroe Tx.  Cheryl was a finalist in the 30th September Competition hosted by the Alexandria Museum of Art LA., she was named a finalist in the 47^th International Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Art in Brownsville, Tx., and she won Second Place in the GAA 61^st Annual Juried Show hosted by the Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden AL.   Cheryl presented her work at the Florida Artists Group Symposium in Ocala, Florida in 2018 as well as at the group show at the Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL in 2019 & at the Foosaner Museum of Art in Melbourne in 2020.  In addition, Cheryl has won several local awards for her paintings. Her work has been published in Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review in both 2017 and 2018 as well as  VoyageMIA 2018 & 2020.   Thought Art Magazine featured three of Cheryl's paintings in their July 2020 issue.

Born in Ohio, Cheryl currently lives in South Florida.

Resume / CV

Curriculum Vitae

 

Cheryl Eggleston, Artist

Plantation, Florida

cheryl@cherylegglestonart.com                            www.CherylEgglestonArt.com

 

Professional Profile:

            I am an artist working in alkyd oil or acrylic paint.  My work is clean and mostly hard edge.  Some work is message driven and other pieces are simply studies of color, dimension and movement.

 

Skills:                                  

      Painting                                 Photography

      Drawing                                 Photoshop Elements

 

Education:

            Art Institute of Atlanta, Visual Communications/Graphic Design

            Associate of Arts, with honors   1978 - 1981

 

Exhibitions:

            Curated National/International Shows

            Allied Artists of America 107^th Annual Show online 8/29/20 – 8/1/2021

            Musèe de Peinture de Saint-Frajou 6^th Annual Art Rèsilience 0nline 8/8 – 9/8/20

                        Award for Painting (Medal)

            Art Buckhead, Atlanta, GA - October 2019

            Brownsville Fine Art Museum, TX - April 2019

            Gadsden Museum of Art, AL - September 2019 –

                        Award Second Place-Acrylics

            The Madeley, Conroe, TX - March 2018 –

                        Award Honorable Mention

            Alexandria Museum of Art, LA - September 2017

           

            Curated Florida State/Local Shows

            Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne – March – July 2020        

            Coral Springs Art Museum, Coral Springs – February 2020

            The Continuum 2020, Palm Beach – January 2020

            Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota – May 2019

            JP Gallery, Palm Beach – September 2018

            Webber Gallery, Ocala – February 2018

                       

Publications:

            Thought Art Magazine Second Edition Print/Online July 2020

            Fredericksburg Literary & Art Review 2018 -6 pgs  https://issuu.com/amybayne/docs/flar_s_s_2018

            Fredericksburg Literary & Art Review 2017 - featured one painting http://www.aebayne.com/fredericksburg-literary-and-art-review/2017/12/26/fallwinter-2017-fredericksburg-literary-and-art-review

            VoyageMIA Online Magazine        - November 2018

            VoyageMIA Online Magazine        - September 2020

 

Associations:

            Juried member of Florida Artists Group

            National League of American Pen Women (Arts) past Recording Secretary

            Allied Artists of America, Associate

            Art Rèsilience, FR, Member