Sherri Silverman
Lagunitas, CA
lyrical, gestural abstraction inspired by nature & meditation, following beauty & wonder. west Marin-SF, CA. newsletter. https://sherrisilvermanstudio/links
MessageSherri Silverman (b.1951, Atlanta, GA) is a self-taught artist with a doctorate in Creativity, Art, & the Sacred and Application of Asian Concepts. Fifty years of meditation practice informs her energy and approach to art. Her explorations of inner being, consciousness, beauty, and spirituality have given rise to paintings, pastels, photography, and mixed media art that evoke happiness, wonder, serenity, and an expansive feeling of sacred space.
Sherri’s artwork is on permanent display in the New Mexico Capitol Art Collection in the State Capitol in Santa Fe. Private and corporate collections include Fidelity Investment, Verizon, and LANB/Enterprise Bank. Juried group exhibitions include the Bolinas Museum, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Pensacola Museum of Art, and TEDxMARIN. Solo shows have taken place in Florida, Colorado, and New Mexico. Her work was selected for inclusion for the 2006 book 100 Artists of the Southwest. Sherri has been Artist in Residence at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art and at the Cambridge Oakland Artist Residency Program.
Sherri developed and taught an interdisciplinary course on the creative process as Visiting Professor for the Honors Programs at the University of North Florida and the University of New Mexico in1994 and 1996.
After decades in Santa Fe, Sherri has lived and worked in west Marin County, California, near San Francisco since 2016.
Statement
My art conveys my response to the essence of nature and consciousness. I created my early work, colorful geometric abstractions and Southwest and Moroccan imaginary landscapes with archetypal images, in pastels on paper. In 2014 I moved into a looser, more lyrical, gestural abstraction that is primarily non-representational with floral/botanical images, calligraphic elements, and a continuation of floating motifs in gouache on paper and panel. These paintings convey my continued interest in subtle levels of creation, meditation states, and the capturing of the essence and energy of nature rather than its more exact duplication. I’m interested in expressing the unseen source of creativity and this world, its beauty, wonder, and radiance.
More reveals itself in the studio as paintings in gouache, pastels, oilsticks, and mineral pigment; mixed media art, collage, photography, and whatever emerges, frequently as a surprise.
My art explores my inner images and the images I see in the world around me in nature, books, and art. Inspiration comes from quiet interior states, meditation experiences, and contemplative creative time. My artistic goal is to create work that expands and enlivens consciousness, nourishes the soul, heals, and evokes happiness and wholeness. I want to make a lasting contribution by delving into the mystery of creating something from nothing.
I depict the flow of images inside me, mainly unconnected to contemporary events and history except as a means of uplifting and showing the beauty that still exists within each moment, despite the turmoil, inequality, and troubling forces in the world today.
I focus on beauty, the eternal, the blissful because I and we as humans need these to survive, navigate, flourish, and contribute to this world. Instead of reminding you of life’s difficulties, tragedies, and the appalling things that abound, I’d rather my art bring you into the present moment, the timeless, the sublime.
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