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Passionate Pursuits Opens this Friday, June 2, 2017

Published on May 31, 2017 by Cheri IsgreenLeave a comment

You are invited to an art reception featuring my watercolor paintings celebrating horses, gardens, and travel. The reception begins at 5:30 PM. I will give a gallery talk about my inspirations, techniques, and processes beginning at 6:00 PM. Along with my watercolor paintings, I am offering a wide selection of prints, notecards, and tiny paintings. Live music and refreshments are planned. This event is part of the Gunnison Colorado First Friday Artwork, with many venues in downtown Gunnison participating with art, spirits, music, and food. For more information, please call Anne at 970-641-6111.

“Passionate Pursuits” runs through the end of June. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-5:30 PM and Saturdays 9:00 AM-4:00 PM.

“For a Good Time, Call Ed” copyright C Isgreen 2015 $500

Along the San Antonio Riverwalk, 2/14/16

Conversano Mima White Horse Vale Ranch, Goldendale, WA Lipizzan Stallion

“Three Passions” Travels in Montrose; Opening Reception Nov. 18th 5-7 PM at Backstreet

Published on November 12, 2016November 12, 2016 by Cheri IsgreenLeave a comment

Please join us Friday evening, 11/18 from 5-7 PM at Backstreet Bagel Company for a celebration of new works including

“Three Passions: Horses, Flowers, Travel” new artwork by Cheri Isgreen.
“Upside Down” Karen Mercer’s new CD ; she will be performing selections from her album.
Backstreet’s brand new gallery

Horses highlights my deep connection with horses, especially my special relationship with Monarch, who I have raised and trained from a green colt to a seasoned show, clinic, trail, and special events horse.

Flowers, like Horses focuses on my interest of how light defines living forms. Unlike Horses, (which I paint in a narrative style), Flowers are painted in a looser style that explores pure design and composition.

Travel samples a collection from my travel/sketch journals. These sketches were made in a variety of media, including pencil, ink, watercolor, and collage. Works are presented as 5″ x 7″ framed prints from Colorado, Utah, Texas, and Mexico trips.

Mark your calendars. New art, live music, appetizers, & beverages. Register for the drawing of artwork.

“Three Passions: Horses, Flowers, Travel” now showing at the Blue Pig Gallery in Palisade

Published on September 2, 2016March 12, 2017 by Cheri IsgreenLeave a comment

“Three Passions: Horses, Flowers, Travel” features new works by Cheri Isgreen.

Horses highlights my deep connection with horses, especially my special relationship with Monarch, who I have raised and trained from green colt to seasoned show, clinic, trail, and special events horse.

“Ebony and Ivory” is my newest watercolor. It depicts a Lipizzan and a warmblood in joyful camaraderie. These horse create their own “liberty pas de deux.” Look closely at how suspension enhances the beauty of horses’ movement. Light on living forms creates a unending variety of interesting and harmonious shapes. The white horse is defined by shadows, in contrast to the highlights defining form in the black horse.

Travel samples a collection of entries from my travel sketch journals in a variety of media, including pencil, ink, watercolor, and collage. Works are presented as 5″ x 7″ framed prints from Colorado, Utah, Texas, and Mexico trips.

“Three Passions: Horses, Flowers, Travel” Preview of New Works

Published on August 30, 2016August 30, 2016 by Cheri Isgreen2 Comments

“Three Passions: Horses, Flowers, Travel” opens tomorrow at the Blue Pig Gallery in Palisade, Colorado, running through September 30, 2016

“Three Passions” features new works inspired by my love of horses, flowers, and travel. All the horse and flower paintings are executed in watercolors, and explore the effects of light on living forms. While the horse paintings are narrative in nature, the flower compositions are pure design. They focus on movement, space, color, pattern, rhythm, and line. My travel pieces are framed 5″ x 7″ prints from my sketch journals. They represent a wide range of work including pencil, pen & ink, watercolor, watercolor & ink; Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Utah.

I have one more piece on my easel, a narrative equine painting which will be titled, “Ebony & Ivory.” This is the study for “Ebony & Ivory.” (Note difference in style between equine & floral compositions.)

“Cosmos” will be one of the featured works for my upcoming show at the Blue Pig Gallery running Sept 1-30, 2016. For more information about this show, visit the following link:

https://cheriisgreenfineart.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/solo-show-slated-for-september-2016-at-the-blue-pig-gallery-palisade-co/

The Blue Pig is open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 am – 5:30 pm and Sunday – 10 am – 5:00 pm

101 W. 3rd Street, Palisade, CO 81526

The Blue Pig can be reached by calling (970) 464-4819.

“Three Passions: Horses, Flowers, Travel” Preview of New Works by Cheri Isgreen

Published on August 29, 2016August 30, 2016 by Cheri IsgreenLeave a comment

Horses! Total synesthesia: pure poetry in motion; my original raison d’être for painting in watercolor. “Noble” evolved from the contour line studies and sketch classes I have been giving this summer. Using saturated color and pure water with a large mop brush- value, color, and form developed from the contour lines based on the pencil study for this work.

FullSizeRender 2 — “Noble” watercolor; framed size 16″ x 20″ $350 copyright Cheri Isgreen 2016

“Noble” will be one of the featured works for my upcoming show at the Blue Pig Gallery running Sept 1-30, 2016. For more information about this show, visit the following link:

https://cheriisgreenfineart.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/solo-show-slated-for-september-2016-at-the-blue-pig-gallery-palisade-co/

“Three Passions: Horses, Flowers, Travel” Preview of New Works by Cheri Isgreen

Published on August 25, 2016August 30, 2016 by Cheri IsgreenLeave a comment

One more from my sketch journal- Oct 14, 2015, St. Elmo in Collegiate Mountains, Chaffee County, CO; watercolor on Arches hot press, 140#

Besides horses and flowers, my third passion is travel, specifically taking art trips with my artist husband. Last fall we went to the Collegiate Mountains, just over Monarch Pass, and then explored the Castle Rock country, outside of Johnson Village.

I have scanned and printed two dozen of my favorite entries from various trips over the past three years, including Mexico, Texas, Colorado, and Utah. Framed in 5″ x 7″ oak frames, signed prints will be offered for $25.

For more information about this show, visit the following link:

https://cheriisgreenfineart.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/solo-show-slated-for-september-2016-at-the-blue-pig-gallery-palisade-co/