Art By Cheri

another new commission

This commission is from Mac Brown Photographers. It's always a pleasure to work with their beautiful images! Thanks guys! I've poseted the before image as well as the painted image. I will be printing a 24x30 canvas of this painting!

Recent Commission

This is a recent commission from one of my professional photographer clients. A big thanks to Jill Stringfellow! I have posted both the before and painted images.

The New Fine Art Site is UP!!!

New Fine Art Site is UP!!!

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Thanks to Flash Palette and Shannon at FP and my wonderful husband Drew, my new fine art site is up. Check it out!! www.artbycherifineart.net

I think Drew did a fantastic job, especially since he had to put up with me during this whole process!!! I'm excited to have a dedicated site to my fine art stuff and to have a shopping cart on it as well!

ALSO... on the new site is my new coffee table book (Inspirations) from ACI. It is now available as well! It's a collection of some of my favorite personal paintings and photographs over the last few years with a story about each image.

Just FYI for my PRO Photogs...
www.artbycheri.net will remain the site for my pro photographer clients for my painting and printing services!

January Studio Sample Special

 

Art By Cheri / JANUARY STUDIO SAMPLE SPECIAL

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Between January 1-15, YOU get to choose between TWO Studio Sample Specials!!

First: One print at half price
Commission a new painting and print (canvas or fine art paper) and receive the one canvas or fine art print of the painted image at half price!

or...

Second: Two prints / buy one get one

Commission a new painting and print (canvas or fine art paper) and receive a second canvas or fine art print, same image, same size or smaller an NO CHARGE!

 

Thanks to Lisa Bryant for the beautiful image!

 

Email: Cheri@artbycheri.net or call for info on how to get a painted portrait sample for your studio!!

My Family

Here's my little family. This was photographed by photographer and friend Eric Richards at Line Creek just a few minutes from where we live. Painted by me of course!! We caught this just the right time of day and right at the fall peak.

The Final Journey

Drew and I went on a Hiking Club hike 11/8 on Sweetwater creek in ATL. Most of the fall color peaked in this area last week so there wasn't a lot of foliage still around to photograph. I saw this leaf floating by me on the edge of the creek and it kind of struck me as sad and peaceful at the same time.

I posted this to remind us to look beyond the "big picture". Sometimes the "little picture" can be just as powerful even amidst the grandeur of Fall.

Images from the Lamarr Williamson School in SC

I had the privilege of teaching my "Painting Portraits in a Digital World" class at the Lamarr Williamson School in SC this month! We had a great class of professional photographers and had a ton of fun!! Here are some pics from that week. All images were taken by John Wrightenberry who was also the school director. Thanks John!

 
Not only did we paint, but we also had a printer in the class and was able to output our paintings onto canvas. The printer was supplied by Alex Hymen and the canvas was donated by Showcase...Thanks guys!!

After the printing was done, we stretched our canvases onto stretcher frames! So, the students got to take home painted samples to show clients right away!

Becki Berry with her finished piece!

Update on Harley

Had to take Harley to the vet yesterday! The ear was oozing and it is obviously bothering him. He was going to have the stitches out Monday but we'll be waiting till next Thursday. The vet didn't feel comfortable removing the stitches with the oozing. Oh well...another week with the cone head!

Our Poor Harley

Harley had to have surgery for a hematoma in his ear. The white thing on his ear is a sponge that's stitched to his ear. He HATES the collar but it's necessary because he wants to claw the sponge off. He'll get the stitches and sponge off next Monday.

State Print Competition

I entered at our State Print Competition and I'm happy to say...did pretty good. I received five awards!!

Here are the images and the award they won.

Beauty's Frailty - 1st place Creative and Abstract

Fiore Rosso - 1st place Fine Art Pictorial
and also Kodak Gallery Award for Photographic Art

Forest Fern - Distinguished Creative and Abstract

King of the Hill - 1st place Pets and Animals

This is Kevin Jiminez the GPPA president  and me at the awards ceremony. This was taken by photographer and friend Steve Jeffords!