New York City Water Towers IV Painting

ARTIST STATEMENT Cheryl D. Edwards was born in Miami Beach, Florida. She began her studies in art during 1988 in New York City in a class at the Art Student League taught by the late, Ernest Crichlow. Cheryl has exhibited in many shows in the Washington, DC area. Her interest in art stems from her fascination of the human body as a whole. Her medium is oil, ink and acrylics. After 15 years of painting nudes she has become fascinated with nature and how it relates to humanity. She says, '...the transfer of an image to canvas begins from the process of having the ability to capture the spirit of a person or object being observed. ...the person's soul shines through the process of capturing the light and dark areas. Art allows me to travel into all realms of possibility. As I look at my life, I have found that I have always chosen ART...' Please contact her for viewings and/or visit her website: EXHIBITS Red Dot Art Fair, Miami, Florida (2012) Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagarstown, MD (2012) African American Museum of Nassau County, Solo Exhibit, Hempstead, NY (2012) African American Museum of Dallas, Southwest Art Fair, Dallas Texas (2012) Purvis Studio/Museum, Art Basel, Miami, Florida (2011) International Visions, Bombay Sapphire Reginale Finale, Washington, DC (2011) Avisca Fine Arts Gallery, "Shout", group exhibit, Marietta, GA (2011) Brentwood Arts Center, "The Sky's the Limit", group exhibit, Brentwood, MD (2011) David Driskell Center for Art University of Maryland, group exhibit, College Park, MD (2011) Washington County Museum of Fine Art, group exhibit, Hagerstown, MD (2011) Shenandoah Art Council, Our Recent Roots Exhibit, (2011) Torpedo Factory, Offrenda Art Exhibit, (2010) Washington County Museum of Fine Art, group exhibit, Hagerstown, MD (2010) Gallery That, group exhibit, Hong Kong, China, (2010) Wohlfarth Gallery-solo exhibit, Washington, DC, (2009) Wohlfarth Galleries, group exhibit, Province Town, Massachusetts, (2009) Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy, invited to participate in December, (2009).