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Cheryl Meyer

Artist Info
Cheryl Meyer
Mount Pleasant , MI
SMS Code: AWC 38
Artist Statement
Originally from Bay City, I currently live deep in a woody swamp in the Greater Winn Metro area. A CMU grad (BS ‘92; MA ‘98) in English/creative writing, painting was a lost dream. But, I found that dream in a skunk cabbage flower ten springs ago and painting took off. Watercolor is my new love and I’ve been playing around with watercolor on the leaves, which started as little pressed acrylic canvases. Currently I am working on watercolor commissions, teaching watercolor along with writing classes (Mid Michigan College and Montcalm Community College, respectively) and planning a larger work combining my poetry and flash fiction with watercolor.
This Artist Is Showing At
University Art Gallery (Parking ENFORCED)
251 E. Preston St
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
Information About The Art
Art Title: Memories Outlasting: A memento mori
Art Description: “Memories Outlasting: a Memento mori” is my mixed media entry for this years Art Walk. It started as just pieces of memory, with a fondness of these pieces but a couple ink accidents lead the piece down darker paths. It’s now a collage with poetry penned in the barks and dark spots, parts of my Sestina “Mother’s Broken Sestina” about the burning of gardens in memory, with ties to lost ideas of Eden. The finished piece is watercolor on paper, watercolor ground on sycamore leaf, India ink and gouache mounted in an old window.
Medium: Mixed media
Year Created: 2023
Height: 22 inches
Width: 29 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches

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