Born in southeastern Oklahoma, the majority of my adult life has been spent in Texas in and around Longview. My husband and I raised our family there. I have spent over thirty five years painting and many years volunteering with the local art museum and art organizations.
For the past twelve years, I have made my home and set up a studio on a small ranch near New London, that has belonged to the family for over fifty years.
I enjoy making my paintings here and selling them through commercial galleries or through art design professionals. My work has also been featured in university galleries, art centers and museums. I am fortunate to have galleries in a number of cities throughout the USA. Currently, I am affiliated with galleries in Seattle, Houston, Amarillo, Dallas, and Tyler, Texas. I have also worked with a number of corporate art consultancies on commissions for commercial, residential, and healthcare facilities.
Receiving a number of awards over the years, the most prestigious being a finalist in the Hunting Art Prize, 2011. My work is also recognized by many publications and books about art, color, and design. The latest book, Smaller Than Death by Theodore Worozbyt was a collaboration of poetry and painting in 2015 that featured the cover image and seventeen of my paintings.
Statement
The Three I’s
To make my paintings I have come to the realization that I use what I call the ‘Three I’s” of INFLUENCES, INTUITION. and INTENT.
If I only used influences, I would consider my work not much more than a copy or totally derivative of someone else’s work.
If I only used intuition, I would wonder (and rightly so) if I would have a consistency of quality and meaning in my work.
If I used only intent, I would more than likely be disappointed because my imagined intent is always elusive. I get more than I imagined by not setting too many rules about how to get there.
Using all of these factors, I can use knowledge of formal issues that come from viewing a lot of art and being in the studio making art all of the time. Using that knowledge to intuitively know what is the right relationship of color, mark, space, etc. is the intent.
The intention is needed to direct yourself to explore the former two. Intention also demands you delve more into your own reasons for making art.
Cheryl D. McClure
2021
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