About the Artist Cheryl Whitmore Fine Art

Cheryl Whitmore started doing art at a very early age. Before she was in preschool her parents discovered her natural talent and enrolled her in art classes at The Museum of Fine Art in Houston, Texas. She continued to be involved in art through her young life and then had the opportunity to study art in collage. Cheryl attended Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas where she earned a Bacholar of Fine Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree. While at SHSU she was an assistant instructor for two semesters and also worked in the gallery for several years. Cheryl was an active member of several art organiszations and student art activities. She has had her work exhibited in many places including Gallery 100 at SHSU where she had a solo show. She also won numerous awards and honors which include Liquitex Excellence in Art Award, Collage of Art & Sciences Distingushed Student Award (two times), and Who's Who Amoung Students in America Universities. Cheryl was recipient of four art scholoarships while at SHSU. She had many commissions including drawings on the covers of The Texas Review, SHSU Press.

Cheryl currently lives in Albany, Texas with her business partner and husband , Michael Whitmore . They own the Heritage Gallery in downtown Albany and Michael does photography and sculpture. For two years she managed the Old Barbershop Art Gallery which was also on main street. Cheryl is involved with the Old Jail Art Center where she serves as a docent and is on the education committee. She is also a member of the Creative Art Club in Abilene, Texas.

Cheryl says, "I have always been fascinated with old buildings and the feeling of mystery and isolated beauty they impart. I portray the subject matter realistically with graphite, oil or watercolor so that as the viewer's eyes travel over the surface the environment I created may evoke a somewhat mysterious or questionable visual dialog. I enjoy the challemnge of developing a body of work with architectual forms to look realistic on a 2-dimensional surface."