by Cheryle | May 29, 2015 | About Cheryle Bannon, Art, Art reflections, Learning
Why Choose art? The question of why someone would choose to be an artist with all the challenges and hurdles this career involves is common. I believe that art chooses you. My viewpoint is that art is what made my life make sense and has been my life raft. I am an...
by Cheryle | May 17, 2015 | About Cheryle Bannon, Art, Art reflections, Mixed media, Play
Art Journal play You know those times when you just can’t settle…the times when cleaning the studio is the thing you do and you fuss around the outskirts of the stacks of work that sits waiting for completion. This is me at the moment but something...
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by Cheryle | May 10, 2015 | About Cheryle Bannon, Art, Art reflections, Mixed media, Mother and child, Process, Recipes
Remember Well I guess it is time to bring this piece to completion. I have previously blogged earlier stages of this paintings progress and observed her and waited for the right time to move her forward. Most of my work needs to sit for awhile as my heart and head get...
by Cheryle | May 9, 2015 | About Cheryle Bannon, Art, Art reflections |
Queen of Hearts Sometimes the desire to shift and clear is what it takes to see differently and we risk destroying what is there in order to create something new. I painted this about feelings and images that I hold in my heart. This is about my Grandma who was a like...
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by Cheryle | Mar 2, 2015 | About Cheryle Bannon, Art, Art reflections, Exhibitions
Power failures, Internet glitches and delayed postings… Saturday was the CAS Contemporary by Nature exhibition opened at the Herring Island gallery as part of the Summer Arts Festival. I went a bit early, planning to sit on the stone boat at the corner of the...
by Cheryle | Feb 23, 2015 | About Cheryle Bannon, Art |
Losing and finding Sometimes I find myself hiding in a crowd. Do you know that feeling when you are aware of a background hum of unease. Socialising was not the best choice of the day as you peer through the threads of work and relationships that cloud your view. You...