As a
long-time resident of New Mexico,
Cheryl Yellowhawk has learned to
absorb and capture the sense of eternity of the southwest landscape in her
work. Interestingly, her use of bright pastel colors for the mesas, arroyos,
and mountain vistas has also been transferred into her more recent tropical
surroundings now that she lives in Florida.
Whether the subject is landscape or still life or figures, her exciting use of bright
vivid color and organic imagery is the signature of emotion that effortlessly
involves the viewer. Her passionate style continues to evolve as she explores
new techniques.
Cheryl
graduated with honors from the Institute
of American Indian Arts and received a
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of New Mexico.
She has held numerous shows including the Corcoran Gallery. “Eagle in
Flight”, an oil painting was published in the 2002 “Dreams and Visions”
calendar. It also toured with the Smithsonian Exhibit of “Birds of Raptor.”
Besides being a full time creative artist, she is very active in the local art community showing in various venues all around Largo and Tampa Bay Florida. In addition, for the past 7 years she has been the Event Coordinator, Vice President, and now President of the Fine Arts Society a group that has fostered interests in the visual fine arts over 50 years. She was also a docent of the former Gulf Coast Museum of Art in Largo, FL.
