About the Artist
Sherry Reynolds-Blackard
Artscapist
Sherry Reynolds Blackard
Sherry was taught to paint originally by her grandmother, Jane Wilson Reynolds, in the Wasatch Mountains, outside of Park City, Utah. She went on to make art her major in college, with an emphasis in painting, receiving a Bachelors in Fine Art from the California College of the East Bay. Many additional classes have been taken by the artists she admired while making her career in Graphic Design and Illustration in the SF bay area working for different ad agencies:
Additional Courses:
The California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland - Airbrush and Cartooning
The Mendocino Arts Center - Watercolor
During 1993-1995 - Painted with the “The Outsiders”, Jerrold Turner, Pam Glover, of Contra Costa and Marin County, CA
who impacted her earlier style and use of color.
CHOSEN MENTORS
2012 June Carey, Landscape Artist, Folsom, CA
2015 Rui Li, Seascape Artist, Malibu, CA
2018 Marcia Bruit, Landscape, Seascape Artist, Mendocino, CA
Sherry Reynolds also offers occasional Plein air Watercolor and Oil Painting workshops and and has taught through the Folsom, Brentwood, Danville, Tahoe, Recreation Departments, 2000-2019.
She is a member of the Sierra Chapter, of the California Art Club; and, in the past a member of the Folsom and Delta Arts Associations.
Shows:
Juried Invitation Only "Spring Awakenings"
2019 California Art Club Members Show: Gallery E, 65th St, Sacramento, CA
Two Person Show
J St Gallery Jst Midtown Sacramento, CA
"Zephyr Point" Sold 30" x 48". $997 2015
Juried Invitation Only Show "The River” Acrylic 12”x 36”
"Rivers of Gold" California Art Club invitation only Show
Bank of America Gallery in Three Stages Folsom Lake College, Folsom, CA. 2012
The Inaugural Exhibition of the Greater Sacramento Sierra Chapter, California Art Club
Awards:
2nd Place Award - "Bales of Hay" Oil 11”x 14”
Center for the Arts - Fairfield, CA
49th Northern California Regional Juried Show 2012
Honorable Mention: "Morning Bloom" Oil 11”x14
The Lynn House Gallery, Antioch, CA,
"Morning Bloom" 11" x 14" Oil. 2000
Featured Artist-Artist of the Month
American Art Gallery.
Sutter St., and Bidwell, Old Town, Folsom, CA. 2011
