SherryArt: Water Lilies, Africans, Paintings and Humor

New Look in My Studio

For Open Studios I spackled and painted my walls and, with studio mates, had the chocolate brown walls in the hall and the rest of the studio painted white. I then hung just one row of small paintings instead of covering the walls with my usual 36"x36" oils. The new arrangement worked out well; people looked at all the pictures and they purchased more than I expected. (Yes that was a bottle of tequila for guests and artists!)

 

Industrial Center Building, 480 Gate Five Road, STUDIO 259D, Sausalito, CA 94965

Sausalito Artists Winter Open Studios

"Yo! Semite" Oil on canvas. 30" x 40" Artist: Sherry Miller

Please be my guest at
Sausalito Artists Open Studios

December 4th 6-9pm
December 5th and 6th 11-5pm

Industrial Center Building
Studio 259 D
480 Gate Five Road (at Harbor Drive)
Sausalito California 94941

New Water Lily Painting

"Forest Lilies"  12" x 12"  Oil on canvas. Artist: Sherry Miller


"Forest Lilies - Detail"  12" x 12"  Oil on canvas. Artist: Sherry Miller

To purchase this painting please contact Sherry Miller.

Miniature Paintings 3

Miniature Painting #5.  3 inches x 3 inches. Oil on stretched canvas. Artist: Sherry Miller

 
Miniature Painting #6.  3 inches x 3 inches. Oil on stretched canvas. Artist: Sherry Miller

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.
Email me to purchase one of these little gems ... $35 + $2.50 shipping. I'll be posting more.

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!
Email me to purchase a different one of these little gems ... $35 + $2.50 shipping. I'll be posting more.

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

Please email Sherry Miller for sales and shipping information. Thank you.

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.

Lily Pond, Deer Isle, Maine

Deer Isle Lily Pond I Oil on canvas. 36" x 36" SOLD

Since my children were infants I've been going to Deer Isle off the coast of Maine. The first time I went there we bought a house about 50 miles away in Lamoine, Maine, and from then on I visited this lily pond. I worked for the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and even after we moved from Lamoine to Portland, Maine, I continued to go to Deer Isle to paint and visit. I have more images of this pond if you are curious. And this summer my son, Sequoia Miller, will be teaching pottery at Haystack from August 31st to September 6th.

"I Went to the Orangerie"

I went to the Orangerie in Paris to see the Monet water lilies. When I returned to my studio in Sausalito, California, I made the two triptychs below. Each set is 9 1/2 feet wide by 3 feet high. If you have a bare wall about 12 feet wide I hope you will contact me for more information about these pieces. I loved making them and wish they could glow on the screen like they glow on the wall! Click on the image for larger version.

It's All About Art

My studio in Sausalito, California
In March 2007 I started a blog while waiting for some children to come home from school in Omaha, Nebraska. Check my archives for those humorous essays. Now I'm going to try and stick to art.

I paint every day in my small studio in Sausalito California. Our building used to be a Liberty Ship building site during World War II but for thirty years the ICB Building has been home to about 90 artists. Suddenly we are getting organized and 'going public' with new events, newsletters and more. It's great for location on the Sausalito waterfront and for as much or as little art comraderie as you would like.

I hope to chronicle the progress of my paintings. Each painting sold keeps me from going to work for one more month.

NEXT EVENT: PRIVATE SHOWING JULY 24TH 4-7 PM. RSVP Sherry Miller

New Paintings

Above all I'm an artist. There is a photo album to the right of African paintings. In the last few months I've made some new landscapes. For more information email me at sherrymiller2020@yahoo.com

Garden Path Oil on Canvas 40" x 40"

Lilies in the Forest Oil on Canvas 40" x 40" SOLD