Cheryl Quist
Artist Bio:
Live in Calgary, Alberta with my husband Ron. We have three children, and 11 amazing grandchildren. I began painting in 2005 after a 20 year accounting career (CPA). The freedom and creative expression I find in painting is such a contrast to the rules and demands of accounting. I love it!
Over the years I’ve taken drawing and watercolour classes with a variety of professional artists in western Canada and Washington. I am on a never-ending quest to expand my painting toolbox and hone my skills.
I have been an Active member of the Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) since 2008 and have shown my paintings in FCA juried art shows in both Calgary and Vancouver as well as at Arts Without Borders here at home.
About My Painting Process
Oil painting offers me so much time for thoughtful work using the ‘alla prima’ approach. I enjoy the luxury of this medium with its creamy mixes and heavy body. Marks made impasto are such a powerful statement, yet this medium offers incredibly ethereal aesthetics when passages are softened and blended.
Watercolour painting is my first love. There is something very exciting about laying down the washes, splattering, scraping, and watching the water move the pigment. Floral arrangements and cloudy skies are most likely to entice my watercolours out of the drawer.
I enjoy “painting from chaos” with acrylics and mixed media, and I often load my abstract images with symbolism related to my life experience. Painting then becomes spiritual, philosophical and meditative for me... my hope is that I’ve created a visual statement others are drawn to and can identify with.