Cheryl Wheeler’s artistic intention is to engage an intimacy of the human Spirit with the spiritual beauty of flowers. This intention is achieved with a richness and gentle strength of colour that spills onto the canvas.....swirls and angles, dark and light and a simple complexity are all captured with an uplifting boldness of texture, hues and shape.
For the past ten years, Cheryl has studied with numerous accomplished teachers of floral painting, seeking to expand as an artist and gain a deeper understanding of the miracles of flowers. A semi.abstract style and the medium of acrylic and oil glaze, guide the artist to capture the mysterious intricacies of the floral spirit more readily.
Embracing a Grateful life and gloriously inspired by the Blessings of flowers, Cheryl, welcomes each day with her husband, John and son, George....painting in her studios in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
Whistler Animals Galore Society, (WAG) Event August 22nd
In the picture below, Cheryl is announcing that she will donate her 50/50 winnings back to Whistler Animals Galore Society in honour of their dog Whytecliff. Her son George is beside Cheryl in the picture...and a Whistler Council Member. Cheryl also donated a painting to the silent auction at this event and she has made the commitment to donate proceeds of all art sales, paintings and cards to WAG in the future.
This picture is of Cheryl, her husband John, George and Whytecliff...
Tea in the Garden Event, July 24th 2009
Cheryl Wheeler and Shoshana Somerville in front of Gift Card Table.
Below: Cheryl Wheeler doing a painting demonstration for the event....
Cheryl Wheeler was asked to speak about how Art inspires her life. It was an amazing and inspirational event!
Please click here to see Cheryl's Journal
Art Education
Seven Years of concentration under the direction of Diane Kiernan, Ingrid Taylor, and Cherie Sibley. Further studies at Emily Carr Art Institute, Vancouver BC.
Workshops
Plein Air, Oils - Doralynn Davis (California, US)
Still Life, Oils - David Villa Senor (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Still Life, Oils - LuLu Shipley, (Puerto Vallarta, Mexico)
Portrait drawing course - West Vancouver Art Center
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Hollyhock Centre
(Cortes Island, BC, Canada)
Acrylic Mediums - Allan Wyllie (Whistler, BC)
Acrylic Meduims - Kristeen Verge (Nanaimo, BC)
Drawing - Isobel MacLaurin (Whistler, BC)
Acrylic Painting - Brian Simons (Nanaimo, BC)
Acrylic Effects - Yvan Genest ( Puerto Vallarta, BC)
Photoshop - Art Effects - Yvan Genest (Puerto Vallarta, BC)