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Sherry Mason Fine Art

TRADITIONAL LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTER EMBRACING THE PRISMATIC EFFECTS OF LIGHT AND ATMOSPHERE

(828) 226-4691

https://www.sherrymasonart.com
https://www.instagram.com/sherrymasonart/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjyPW5S6gRF4EY-tv2Ighxg

Winner Honorable Mention, PleinAir Salon, April 2023/Feb 2023 Animals & Birds Category
Top 100 Finalist PAS April 2023 - Feb 2023 , Nov 2022 & July 2022

Alone but Not Lonely” 40” x 30” original oil on canvas
The American Art Collector and International Guild of Realism

The Ski Slopes Of Buttermilk Mountain 12.5” x 20” Oil $2295

Greener Pastures 20” x 24” Oil $3995

Riverside Cascades 9” x 12” Oil SOLD

Morning at The Martha 9” x 12” Oil $750

Candelabra Sunset 24” x 18” Oil $3695

A Hidden Gem at McGallard Falls 9” x 12” Oil $750

SUNRISES, SUNSETS AND NOCTURNES

Most often sunrises and sunsets are the most peaceful and quiet times of the day and the artist uses soft gestural brushwork to further depict that ambiance. Here Sherry Mason exemplifies the traditional "sfumato" technique with lots of the glazing, scumbling and layering she is known for.

Come Watch with Me ‐ Oil ‐ Panel ‐ 16 x 16 x .25 ‐ Through Gallery ‐ $3,075.00 USD

With even a brief look at Sherry Mason’s paintings, one can see that her light brushstrokes, color harmony, and compositions are reflective responses to her life experiences and choices. Admirers of her work often describe it as inspiring, peaceful, and serene. Her preferential and deliberate decisions hallmark a lifestyle that promotes a quiet and tranquil ambiance. Her story, if told, reveals the road less traveled. Already an award winning PleinAir Salon Honorable Mention and Top 100 Finalist and juried into prestigious national art exhibitions and membership organizations, her work continues to be recognized more and more as reflected by requests for commissioned works, speaking engagements and workshops.

Born in Tampa, Florida, Mason spent her early and adolescent years moving from place to place all over Kentucky. Attending four elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school during 28 moves before the age of eighteen, she would learn to acclimate. The constant transition from place to place with nowhere to really call home made an indelible mark on her life. Painting, drawing and writing poetry would provide a way to retreat. Now, Sherry paints "a retreat to call home" onto every canvas and hopes her paintings evoke that ambiance in their homes for those who love and collect her work.

Upon graduating fourth in her class from high school, and at the behest of her father, Sherry pursued a pharmacist career at the University of Kentucky, College of Pharmacy, instead of pursuing a fine arts degree. It was there she met a dental student and her future husband, Joe Mason. Already accustomed to relocating from time to time, Sherry would follow her husband several more moves while attempting to realize his dreams and in 1998 they relocated to North Carolina. From the Sandhills of Pinehurst, NC to the inspiring mountains of the Blue Ridge in the Highlands-Cashiers plateau, Sherry would fly in their Mooney Rocket twice every week to two different homes, two different dental practices and still find time to paint a semblance of a place to retreat on canvas at least once a year.

"The cloudscapes from the airplane were amazing!

Sunset at Blowing Rock Overlook ‐ Oil ‐ Panel ‐ 20 x 24 x .25 ‐ Available ‐ $5,295.00 USD

Sunset's Autumn Glow ‐ Oil ‐ Canvas ‐ 24 x 30 x .87 ‐ Available ‐ $7,200.00 USD

King's Last Light ‐ Oil ‐ Panel ‐ 11 x 14 x 7/8 ‐ Available ‐ $1,850.00 USD

In 2016, however, she retired from practicing pharmacy to pursue a professional art career. Influenced by the Hudson River School, Sherry Mason (www.sherrymasonart.com) is a traditional landscape oil painter residing in Tennessee. With no formal art education, she has spent the last several years studying the past and present artists of our time, such as John F. Carlson, Joseph McGurl, Ken Salaz, John Pototschnik, and others through workshops, books, and their DVDs. Forever a student of Light, her goal is to realistically, and in a painterly fashion, depict the effects of light and color that declare the glory of God as the Creator. Her practiced technique conveys a sense of immediacy and harmony that we feel in the beautiful world He created. Sherry prefers to paint en plein air for her studies, as that is how she can best interpret the light and shadows she sees, and then finishing them in the studio to most effectively convey her message.

"I have found in my journey and written in the pages of God's word, that we are just passing through this life very briefly. All the transitions from place to place have taught me how to live and expand how I view the world. The soft transitions in my brushwork are representational of how I have learned to move softly from place to place. My journey has ultimately become my greatest blessing and taught me how to see and observe!"

IMPRESSIONIST COLLECTION (PLEIN AIR)

Many prefer the impressionistic look of the plein air paintings and this is my way of providing for those collectors. These little color studies are what I use to investigate the "what if's" and "how about" of color mixing during some of my plein air outings.

They are by no means a finished and polished studio piece but more like an abstraction of observation to add to my toolbox. My plein air paintings are the reference images that I now use for future paintings or studies. I am passionate about painting from life instead of from photos. Many of my paintings in the past were painted from very two-dimensional reference photos, and all the life is not depicted in them. No wonder they are called images. It makes painting what I actually saw when I took the photo much easier to render on a two-dimensional panel when I paint en plein air and use those for references now. Some of these paintings may be used in the future for some of my larger studio pieces.

Into the Woods, en plein air study ‐ Oil ‐ Panel ‐ 7 x 5 x .25 ‐ Available ‐ $250.00 USD

Early Morning at Hidden Valley Farm ‐ Oil ‐ Panel ‐ 8 x 16 x .25 ‐ Available ‐ $750.00 USD

Pond Reflections, a plein air study of Mount Jefferson in NC ‐ Oil ‐ Panel ‐ 8 x 16 x .25 ‐ Available ‐ $750.00 USD

Sunburst Evening Sky ‐ Oil ‐ Panel ‐ 9 x 12 x .25 ‐ Available ‐ $650.00 USD

Autumn Reflections at Abingdon Vineyard ‐ Oil ‐ Panel ‐ 9 x 12 x .25 ‐ Available ‐ $650.00 USD

Awards and Exhibitions:

2023 Annual International Guild of Realism Online Exhibition, juried into show

Sherry has been juried into many local and national shows and placed as high as 2nd among her peers.

2023 July Boldbrush FAV15%
2023 NOAPS Associate On-Line Exhibition, juried acceptance
Artsy Shark Featured Artist Portfolio
"Realism on the Hudson", Juried Exhibition at the Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
2023 Honorable Mention, "Paint Kingsport!" Plein Air Festival 2023
HONORABLE MENTION, APRIL 2023 PLEINAIR SALON, Animals and Birds Category
2023 Top 100 Finalist in the April PleinAir Salon, Animals & Bird Category
2023 Top 100 Finalist in the April PleinAir Salon, Best Water Category
JUDGE - 2023 Congressional Art Competition, TN-01
Spring 2023 Artist Showcase, Artsy Shark, (juried)
HONORABLE MENTION, FEBRUARY 2023 PLEINAIR SALON, Animals and Birds Category
2023 Top 100 Finalist in the February PleinAir Salon, Animals & Bird Category
2023 Top 100 Finalist in the February PleinAir Salon, Western Category
2023 Judge's Choice award, 10th Annual Winter Juried Exhibition, Mooresville Arts
2023 Finalist Award in the 6th ANIMAL art competition ART SHOW INTERNATIONAL
2022 Top 100 finalist in the November PleinAir Salon
2022 2nd Place KAG Juried Members Winter Art Exhibition
2022 Blowing Rock Art Festival
2022 Judge's Choice award, Mooresville Art Gallery's 40th Anniversary Artoberfest Judged Exhibit and Competition
2022 Top 100 finalist in the July PleinAir Salon that was judged by Michael Ruple, director of aux gallery in Brooklyn, NY
2022 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Associate Member Online Exhibition, juried into show
2022 Bascom Member Challenge PLACE, juried into show
2022 56th Annual Appalachian Art Show, juried into show
2021 National Oil and Acrylic Painters Associate Member Online Exhibition, juried into show
2021 "Explore" American Artists Professional League Spring Members Online Exhibition, juried into show
2nd place 2021 Cabarrus Artist Guild Spring Juried Show
3rd place 2021 43rd Annual SpringFest Mooresville Arts Juried Show
2nd place 2019 Cabarrus Artist Guild Spring Juried Show
2018-2019 Plein Air Salon Online Exhibitions
2017 Women Painters of the Southeast Online Show, juried into show

Juried into associate and elected memberships with prestigious organizations such as:

International Guild of Realism, juried member
Oil Painters of America, Associate Member Artist
American Artists Professional League, Elected Artist Member
American Women Artists, Associate Member
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Associate Member
American Impressionist Society
Women Painters of the Southeast

Artist local and regional memberships:

Kingsport Artists Guild
Mooresville Artists Guild
Guild of Charlotte Artists
PAPA - Preserving a Picturesque America

At this time, her work can be seen in her Home Studio Gallery in Jonesborough, TN by appointment only and in numerous exhibitions across the North Carolina and Tennessee.

Her artwork is included in numerous private art collections throughout the U.S. She has also created commissioned works of art and donated work for auction to the Make a Wish Foundation.

As a young adult, Sherry received the Most Talented award and Art Award in her senior year of high school. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Kentucky, College of Pharmacy in 1983, and retired to pursue a full-time professional artist career in 2016.

Watauga Lake Overlook via Wilbur Dam Road, Plein Air Study ‐ Oil ‐ Panel ‐ 12 x 9 x .25 ‐ Available ‐ $650.00 USD

Sherry Mason Fine Art

TRADITIONAL LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTER EMBRACING THE PRISMATIC EFFECTS OF LIGHT AND ATMOSPHERE

(828) 226-4691

https://www.sherrymasonart.com
https://www.instagram.com/sherrymasonart/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjyPW5S6gRF4EY-tv2Ighxg