Cheryl Eggleston Area 1 Member

                 

Born in Ohio, Cheryl recalls early childhood desires to be an artist.  Her family did not look favorably on such dreams and pointed her to more traditional roles for Mid-Western girls in the 1950’s.  Her family relocated to Miami when Cheryl was a pre-teen.

After she married, Cheryl attended a technical art school.  She graduated with honors from the Art Institute of Atlanta.  Her course of study was Visual Communications/Graphic Design, and her first job was staff artist at an advertising agency in Atlanta, GA.   She found advertising not to her liking.  After two years, she left and became a full-time homemaker.  Cheryl continued to draw as a hobby and show her works at local shows.  The untimely death of her husband put Cheryl on a different course.  She took a bookkeeping job and left art behind.

After retiring, she began to paint in earnest.  Cheryl draws on her imagination and design skills as a starting point for her works.  Although she sometimes paints in acrylics, she prefers to paint in alkyds, a fast-drying oil paint.  Her paintings have been exhibited at the local, state, national and international level.  In 2020, Cheryl received the Painting Award at the 6^th Annual International Art Rèsilience Exhibition (online) Musèe de Peinture de Saint-Frajou, France.  Cheryl has also received national awards as well as several local awards for her paintings.  Her work has been published in Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review in both 2017 and 2018.  ThoughtArt Magazine featured three of her paintings in their July 2020 issue.

Cheryl is a juried member of the Florida Artists Group; Member of the National Art League; Fort Lauderdale Branch of the National League of American Pen Women (Arts); Allied Artists of America, Associate; and a member of Broward Art Guild.

Cheryl currently lives in South Florida.

Artist Statement:

Angles and lines, repeating patterns, and some circles – for relief.

Angles and lines represent boundaries.  I like boundaries, they make me feel safe, as do repeating patterns.  They’re comforting because they’re familiar and expected.

I’m an introvert and I find it stressful to cope with turmoil.  When I compose a piece, I’m working out my thoughts and ideas.  Some, but not all of them, focus on my unease.  I invite the viewer to examine their own thoughts when regarding the images in my painting.  Other works are lighthearted, a playful look at life from an introvert’s perspective.

I begin by drawing little sketched patterns on paper, dividing space.  It frees me of distractions so I can focus my thoughts.  I start to see things happen within the drawing and an idea for a painting begins to emerge.  I transfer the drawing to the canvas.  Alkyd is my medium of choice, but I also paint in acrylics.  As I paint, I feel myself move into the painting.  I work until I find what I’m looking for — balance, harmony in smooth color fields, edgy transitions between the angles and lines, repeating patterns, and then some circles – for relief.

Select Exhibitions:

National and International Exhibitions

State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY, December Show 2022
8th Annual International Art Rèsilience, France online, August 2022
8th Annual International Art Rèsilience, France online 8/6/22 – 9/6/22
Allied Artists of America, 109th Annual Exhibition
9/1/22 – 9/1/23
National Art League, 91st Annual Juried Open online
5/2/22 – 6/4/22
State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca NY December Show 2021
The Power Conference Women Artists Showcase, D.C.  5/2021      Award First Place
7th Annual International Art Rèsilience, France online
8/7/21 – 9/7/21
Beyond 100: National Juried Exhibition, Oak Park, Chicago, IL  9/1/21 – 9/30/21
The Valdosta National 2021  Valdosta, GA  Virtual
1/19/2021 – 3/14/21
Allied Artists of America 107^th Annual Show online
8/29/20 – 8/1/2021
State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY  December Show 2020 12/1/20 – 12/31/20  Merit Award
Musèe de Peinture de Saint-Frajou, FR   6^th Annual International Art Rèsilience online
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

State and Local Exhibitions:

50 Bad Ass Women, Ft. Lauderdale, May 2023
Spring Fever, Ft. Lauderdale, April 2023
Broward Art Guild, Ft. Lauderdale, April 2023-
Award Best in Show
Lauderdale Yacht Club, 14th Annual Invitational Art Show, February 2023
‘Sensations’ Florida Artists Group 73rd Annual exhibition, Museum of Arts & Sciences, Daytona, FL, 2023
BIG Arts Annual Juried Exhibition, Sanibel Island, FL,
Sept-October 2022
Strange Paintings/Strange Places Solo Show, Government Annex Building, Art Around Town Program w/Broward Art Guild, November-December 2022
Journey into Art – Art Talk and Exhibition Delray Beach Library 7/20/22
Art and Stroll Business for the Arts, Broward County 5/19/2022
Broward Art Guild, Ft. Lauderdale 3/2022
Award Honorable Mention
Creative Ventures, BIG ARTS, Sanibel Island, FL
1/28/22 – 3/13/22
Art Extravaganza, Studio 18 in the Pines, Pembroke Pines, FL  1/14/22 – 3/2/22
Broward Art Guild, Ft. Lauderdale 10/2021 –
Award Second Place
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
ArtServe, Ft. Lauderdale, FL ArtBRAVO! February 2019
14^th Annual Art Competition City of Pembroke Pines, FL October 2018  – Award Best Painting
JF Gallery, Palm Beach – September 2018
Broward Art Guild, July 2018
Award Third Place
Broward Art Guild, May 2018
Award Honorable Mention
Plantation Art Guild, Plantation, FL March 2018
Award Second Place
Webber Gallery, Ocala – February 2018
Plantation Art Guild, Plantation, FL November 2017
Award Third Place
ArtServe, Ft. Lauderdale, FL ArtBRAVO! February 2017
Coral Springs Artist Guild, October, 2016
Award Honorable Mention
Broward Art Guild, September 2016
Award Honorable Mention
Broward Art Guild, August 2016
Award Best in Show