Sheryl Daane Chesnut

I consider myself an alchemist on canvas.

With an experimental approach and a variety of organic and inorganic elements: oils and water media, salts and minerals, earth pigments, solvents, polymers and metals, I pour, layer and etch away to give the work detail and depth and explore the patterning created as materials pool in liquid, ripple in solvents, and dry and crystallize. I strive to create work that is ephemeral and evocative, to embrace the fragility of the earth and bring its beauty into our everyday lives.

The initial impetus is capturing the essence of nature, but ultimately, it’s about taking and relinquishing control—
knowing how to push the materials and when to acquiesce and let them find their own way.
Guiding is important, but sometimes the most wonderful things happen when we let go.
Sheryl Daane Chesnut currently lives and works in San Luis Obispo, CA.

B.F.A, Fine Art, University of California, Santa Barbara
Studio Art, University of California, Berkeley

Selected Group and Solo Exhibitions:
2017:
San Luis Obispo Museum Modern Art, "Brushstrokes"
Assets Studio, Solo
2016:
Sorelle Gallery, "Sunnyside with Sheryl Daane Chesnut"
Walsingham Gallery, "Blue Minded"
San Luis Obispo Museum Modern Art, "Brushstrokes"
2015:
Haven Gallery, "Sheryl Daane Fine Art"
San Luis Obispo Museum Modern Art, "Brushstrokes" 3rd place
Jules Place, "Date Night"
2014:
Johnson Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA "All About Eve"
Walsingham Gallery, Newburyport, MA "Newburyport: Love at First Sight"
Boston Magazine Design Home
2013
Dwell Design Home, Marin, CA
Walsingham Gallery, Newburyport, MA "Women of Walsingham"
24th Annual Museums of Old York Design Home, Boston, MA
Solo Show, Assets, San Luis Obispo, CA
Solo Show, San Luis Obispo County Library
2012
Dwell Design Home
Solo Show, Kevin Main, San Luis Obispo, CA
Gallery 903, Portland, OR, "Women of Substance and Beauty"
Cabana Home, Mill Valley, CA
2011
San Luis Art Museum, Brush Strokes 2nd place
2010
San Luis Art Museum Brush Strokes Juried Show
Native, San Luis Obispo, CA, "Four Off the Wall"