Day 6 of Sala another 70 guests now 600 odd visitors this year so far Now Cheryl has had over 20,000 visitors to her studio for her annual SALA solos Cheryl demonstrating to a group of guests on Thursday 21/8/26
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Over 150 people came to opening night celebrating Cheryl’s year of creatingon night of rain and the Crows were playing in Adelaide
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Cheryl’s 18th consecutive SALA SOLO Exhibition ‘Expect the Unexpected’ This year she has on show over 100 artworks from wall art to art to wear clothes some have been exhibited in USA, and UK where Cheryl has been guest artist. SALA has over 10,000 artist exhibiting this year marks the 4th time Cheryl has been a SALA Finalist. (3 times […]
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Cheryl has been a finalist in 3 out of the last 4 SALA exhibitions no mean feat when there are over 10,000 artists involved each year. (over 11,000 this year) Artist Statement Thought provoking embroidered narrative created and inspired by the devastation to our environment and sea life as the result of the algae bloom. Three-D static fish casting dark […]
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Preliminary Drawings of Cheryl’s Sole Purpose Shoes Some of the shoes on display at Cheryl’s SALA Solo Opening Cheryl was one of 12 artists chosen to decorate shoes in support of the “Sole Purpose” Hutt St Centre fund raiser organised by Angela Carey (board member of Hutt S Centre), Chris Penny (Chair of Contemporary Collectors AGSA), and Tom and […]
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In late 2010 Bernina arguably the maker of the best sewing machines in the world put out challenge to all sewers in Australia to produce an artwork on a sewing machine that would be placed on their new machine. Cheryl took up the challenge and drew a design. She then embroidered the final artwork The finished Embroidery Cheryl called […]
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Cheryl has designed drafted and made Art to Wear clothing since her early teenage years. These creations were more costumes than clothes, she has not bought any clothes since this time, she only wears her own creations (always decorated with her signature machine embroidery. One of her early works in 1988 was ‘Winged Beauty’ This coat was made to wear […]
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Congratulations to Professor Ruth Rentschler of the University of South Australia Business School for the publication of her most recent book The Routledge Companion to Governance in the Global Art World.She is the lead author, and it is published by Taylor and Francis Books Ltd Oxford UK. ‘Forces of Change’ 102 x 102 cm acrylic on canvas […]
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Cheryl has celebrated each year during South Australian Living Artist Festival with a solo exhibition in her studio converted horse stables called Beltana House This year she had a lot to celebrate Finalist in SALA one of 33 out of 10,958 artists This year SALA has 10,958 artists participating and Cheryl has been chosen as one of 33 finalists. […]
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Over 200 guests attended Cheryl’s opening at Beltana Studios John’s talk Welcome I am Lucky John With Cheryl we are Custodian of this 1860s horse stables. I am surrounded by Cheryl’s dreams her art. Watching Cheryl fulfilling her dreams, What are her dreams? Embroidery recognised as an art-form. Recognised as a fine artist not a craft person. Convincing people that […]
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