Self-Taught Artist
According to her baby book, at the age of two, Sherry loved to draw, and her pictures were always of horses. She received her first easel when she was six-years-old, and has studied and painted animals all her life.

Subject Matter Southwestern animals such as wolves, horses, burros, bears, Bighorn sheep, bobcat, deer, skunks, foxes, coyotes, javelinas, cottontails, jackrabbits, mountain lions, coatimundis, ground squirrels, ringtails, coyotes, domestic cats and dogs, Hereford cattle, and Texas Longhorns. Birds like crows, eagles, hawks, owls, ravens, woodpeckers, thrashers, hooded orioles, cardinals, cactus wrens, Pyrrhuloxias, and hens, roosters, ducks and geese. --and other creatures, both real and mythological, such as rattle snakes, gopher snakes, king snakes, coachwhip snakes, tortoises, scorpions, box turtles, lions, tigers, elephants, giraffes, falcons, unicorns, dragons, whooping cranes, white and brown buffalo and brown pelicans. She has also painted wildflowers, trees, and vegetables, including primroses, naked ladies, calla lilies, and radishes.

Partial List of Exhibitions

• Mesquite Grove Gallery, (10 years), Patagonia, AZ

• Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Fiesta Show, Tucson, AZ

• Mountain Oyster Contemporary Western Art Show, Tucson, AZ

• Tubac Center for the Arts, AZ

• St. David's Monastery Art Show, AZ

• Spirit Weavers Art Show, Tucson, AZ

• Superstition Mountain Cat Show, Mesa, AZ

• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Ethnic Art Show, CA

• Santa Barbara Mission Festival Fourth of July Art Show, CA

• San Francisco New Age Festival, CA

• San Diego Whole Earth Expo, CA

• Santa Ynez Valley Art Association Shows, CA

• The YES Store Gallery Christmas Art Show, (5 years), Santa Barbara, CA

• Southern California Renaissance Faire, Riverside, CA

Private Collections (Partial List)

• Linda Ronstadt, singer
• Margaret Fleetwood, world traveler
• Regina Medley, art gallery owner
• Susan Belt, realtor

Published Wolf paintings published in Dream Network, A Quarterly Journal Exploring Dreams & Myth, Vol. 12, No. 2. Commissions Animals of all kinds including domestic cats, dogs, birds, fowl, livestock and American and African wildlife.

Spirit Animals of the Southwest-Series In this series, Sherry feels she has realized what she was born to do from the moment she drew her first horse. In watercolors and monotypes, she captures an animal's essence, especially in the eyes, which are alive, sometimes piercing, appearing to look right into your heart, sometimes wary, inviting you to come closer, but not too close. Overall, her animals are approachable, wise, and soulful. They seem to be in the middle of something when Sherry's paintings capture them, as if the animals are about to run or hide or jump or watch. Her paintings are mostly portraits, close-ups, filling the picture with their spirit, strength and courage. Style Her style is neither photo-realistic nor abstract, but romantic in nature, and heartfelt, uplifting, inspiring, and loving in character. Many collectors feel her work is more real than realistic. Others have commented that sometimes her work looks like it has been airbrushed, but none of it is. Sherry does everything by hand with a brush. Affiliation Sherry is an award-winning member of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild (SAWG).

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