Location: United States
Biography:
Sheryl Hughes is a native Californian who took up painting later in her life. She has been taking photographs for many years and now uses those pictures as inspiration for her paintings.
After spending many years visiting longtime friends that live there, Sheryl decided to move to Florida. She enjoys traveling and going back to California and Oregon to visit friends and family there. During her travels she spends time enjoying some of her favorite hobbies, scuba diving & photography. While diving she enjoys underwater photography and has achieved her underwater photography certification.
Out of the water, she enjoys traveling around Florida taking pictures of Florida’s wildlife. She has also traveled up and down both the US east and west coasts finding more inspiration for her photos and paintings. Her paintings can be seen in many businesses around Northern California and Florida.
Awards and Citations:
Jan -2014 Poster Artist for Deerfield Beach Art Festival.
May 2014 “Standing Egret” was accepted in the folder for David Sheppard Wildlife Foundations wildlife Artist of the year
2014 Spring National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) is part of ON-LINE Exhibition "Nesting Herons"
June- 2014 "International Contemporary Artists" art book, volume IX. Your work is really impressive and we'll be honored to present it in the book, "Cooling Off, Elephant Eye, Nesting Herons"
The Artist's Magazine 31st Annual Art Competition 2014
"Standing Egret", has been selected as a Finalist in the Animal/Wildlife.
Sept 2014 13th Annual Irving Art Association Wildlife & Domestic Animal Juried Art Competition 3rd Place Sheryl Hughes “Giraffe’s Mom and Baby Love”
Oct - 2014 3rd Place at Art Gallery of Viera Brush for Success Show. "The Dance"
October 2014 1st Place at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. "Nesting"
MASTER OF ART INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR 2015
"Nesting Great Blue Herons" was selected for the inclusion
Sheryl Hughes was born in California and now lives in Florida. She graduated from Art Instruction School. She is an awarded Artist, and has been on the cover of books in Angola and England. Sheryl a member and on the is on the Board of Directors at Art Gallery of Viera .
Great Blue Heron sit on the nest together after breeding to keep the eggs warm.
Looking at the strength that the Elephants have when crossing the river together.
Watching the beauty of the Great Egrets during breeding season is amazing. This paint is from watching them do the dance and building their nest together. The male flies off to get the twigs and brings them back to the nest for her to place them.
“Nesting Great Blue Herons”
“Crossing the River ”
“The Dance”
