SherryArt: Water Lilies, Africans, Paintings and Humor

Miniature Paintings I

Yosemite Valley  Oil on canvas  3 inches x 3 inches

I have too many paintings so I've started making tiny paintings on stretched canvases on little frames. This one was purchased at the May Open Studios by a woman who works at Hospice By the Bay where I used to work. Now there's a little piece of me there at Hospice headquarters!
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Miniature Paintings 2

Bosom Sunset  Oil on canvas  3 inches x 3 inches

I'm in Nebraska but I brought my miniature paintings with me. My daughter has large beautiful paintings of mine here in her house. These remind me of years of painting in Maine where she grew up.
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Sausalito Spring Open Studios ICB Building

Three New Paintings March 2009

Oil on canvas. 10" x 10"  ©Sherry Miller


Oil on canvas. 10" x 10"  ©Sherry Miller


Oil on canvas. 10" x 10"  ©Sherry Miller

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St. Basil's Cathedral Twice More

 After receiving a commission for another painting of St. Basil's that is 20" x 20" instead of the original which is 36" x 36", I created two new paintings so the client would have a choice. Here are the two new St. Basil's paintings. The first one is for sale now. Please contact me for purchase and shipping information.

"St. Basil's Rough"  Oil on Canvas  20" x 20"  Artist Sherry Miller

"St. Basil's Moscow"  Oil on Canvas  20" x 20"  Artist Sherry Miller  SOLD

Yosemite Paintings

My first visit to Yosemite was Spring 1991.  By fall of that year I had packed up my car and moved from Maine to the Bay Area.  I had never seen anything as beautiful as Yosemite.  My son-in-law, Rusty Reno, had already climbed El Capitain seven times and he took care of everything during the three weeks we camped there.  I try to return in all the different seasons.
These oil paintings are each 24" x 30".  Please write to me for purchase and shipping information.

El Capitan and Half Dome  SOLD 11/22/08

Yosemite Valley Cliffs

Yosemite Valley Mirror Lake

Yosemite Valley Big Oak

St.Basil's Cathedral Paintings - Imitation, Forgery or Just Art?

I was shocked to find the image of St. Basil's Cathedral pictured on the left below which seems to be an almost direct copy of my painting of St. Basil's, pictured on the right. I queried my friends and art "aficionados" about their opinions, some of which appear below followed by the spur of the moment response of an art historian friend. Please click on "Comments" and add your opinion and I'll try and figure out how to use the Poll Widget and set up a real poll. And I would love to hear what other artists do in these cases. I used to live in Maine where the lobstermen just burned down the house of any other lobsterman who wandered into his territory on the ocean.  But I guess that doesn't cut it in California. Thanks, Sherry.

   
The painting on the left appeared on a woman's blog saying it was created in July 2008, 16" x 20" and sold as a commission for $450.00. I don't really want to give her more publicity. The painting on the right was made in 2007, has appeared in several places online and comes up prominently in searches. It is 36" x 36" and is for sale for $2400.

Sherry Miller's Pink Lilies at Kathleen McMahon Fine Art

   
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Pink Lilies I and II. Oil on canvas. 36" x 36" Artist: Sherry Miller

“Water is Gold” at Kathleen McMahon Gallery. Opening August 14th

I am showing two water lily paintings at the Kathleen McMahon Gallery in a group show “Water is Gold” on view from August 4th- September 30th, 2008. Opening is August 14th, 5PM-7PM. I will be there. Please stop by if you are in the San Francisco Mission District that night! And my pals Sue Averell and April Renae are also showing.

Artists featured in the exhibition:
Sue Averell - Sherry Miller - Margo Mullen - April Renae - Elizabeth Stahl - Margaret Tcheng Ware - Idell Weiss - Michie Wong

Kathleen McMahon Gallery
3150 18th Street, Suite 105
San Francisco, CA 94110-2028

St. Basil's Cathedral and Piazza San Marco - Famous Buildings I

I've been painting images of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow since 1976 when I handpainted a black and white xeroxed drawing of the church and mailed it for a Christmas card. I visited St.Basil's in 1986 and agian in 1989. Last year I decided to paint this wonderful church again, and then do a series of famous buildings. My second choice was San Marco in Venice, perhaps because I found a drawing I made when I was 19 sitting in the Piazza San Marco. I don't know what the next building will be. Write for more information.

"St. Basil's Cathedral." Oil on canvas. 36" x 36" Artist: Sherry Miller

"Piazza San Marco." Oil on canvas. 36" x 36" Artist: Sherry Miller

And the little ink drawing from a table in the Piazza.