About the Artist

Cheryl Clinton’s paintings capture the moods, colors, and patterns of the landscape. She first became passionate about art growing up in Framingham, Massachusetts. After earning a bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts College of Art, she traveled to Europe, where her sense of the natural world was inspired by the waterways of Venice and the surf of Skopelos Island. She then went on to complete her master’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Moving to Boylston, Massachusetts, renewed her childhood memories of the unspoiled beauty of rural New England.

Cheryl has shown her images of water and plant life in solo exhibits at the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham and the Tower Hill Botanical Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts. Recent exhibits also include a three-person show entitled “Natural Forces: Three Artists Exhibit the Landscape,” as well as annual participation in the Massachusetts College of Art’s Benefit Auction. Her paintings are included in the corporate collection of Meditech and in numerous private collections throughout the United States and abroad.

The artist has also been active as a promoter of the arts in the Metrowest Boston area, in particular as the creator of the successful Fountain Street Open Studios in Framingham, now in its twelfth year.

Resume

• One Person Exhibitions
• Select Group Exhibitions
• Education
• Bibliography
• Collections
• Related Professional Experience

One Person Exhibitions

• 2006 “Blooming: Inspiration From the Backyard”, Milton Gallery, Tower Hill Botanical Garden, Boylston, MA
• 2002 “New England Currents”, Swartz Gallery, Danforth Museum , Framingham , MA
• 1999 “Water Works”, Emerson Umbrella, Concord , MA
• 1998 “Paintings”, Danforth Museum School Gallery, Framingham , MA
• 1997 “Prairies at the Shore”, Peace Lutheran Church , Wayland , MA
• “Sacred Spaces”, All Saints Church, Brookline , MA

Select Group Exhibitions

• 2007 RED, Juried by Jane Farver, Director MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge MA
• 2005 6^th Annual Roddy Competition, Juried Exhibition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
• 2004 “Faculty Exhibit”, Danforth Museum , Framingham , MA
• Group Show, Roxbury Community College , Media Arts Building , Roxbury , MA
• Benefit Auction, Massachusetts College of Art , Boston , MA
• 2003 “Natural Forces, Three Artist Experience the Landscape”, Artspace Maynard, Maynard , MA
• Benefit Auction, Massachusetts College of Art , Boston , MA
• 2002 Benefit Auction, Massachusetts College of Art , Boston , MA
• 2001 Faculty Show, Round Room Gallery, Framingham , MA
• 2000 “More or Less About Nature”, Artana Gallery, Framingham , MA
• Federal Reserve Bank Exhibition, Boston , MA
• “Shifting Ground”, Randolph Associates Fine Art, Belmont , MA
• 1999 “Equinox”, Randolph Associates Fine Art, Belmont , MA
• Benefit Auction, Massachusetts College of Art , Boston , MA
• “ Venice 1999”, Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition, Casa Italiana Zerili-Marimo, New York , NY
• 1998 “MFA2, Fine Art & Design Thesis Exhibition”, UMD, Dartmouth , MA
• 1997 Benefit Auction, Massachusetts College of Art , Boston , MA
• “Grasses, Reeds and Seeds”, Emerson Umbrella, Concord , MA
• 1996 Group Show, Gallery 244, New Bedford , MA
• “Under Twenty-Five Show”, Fort Point Community Gallery, Boston , MA
• 1995 “Works in Progress Exhibition”, I.U.A.V., Venice , Italy
• 1993 Group Exhibition Hellenic College , Brookline , MA
• “Painters’ Paintings” Group Show, Boston , MA
• 1991 Group Show, Finkas Restaurant, Skopelos , Greece

Education

• 1998 University of Massachusetts Dartmouth , (UMD), Master of Fine Arts, N. Dartmouth , MA
• 1995 New York University , Summer Study Painting Program, Venice , Italy
• 1994 Framingham State College, Continuing Education, Museum Studies, Framingham , MA
• 1993 Massachusetts College of Art, (MCA), Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Boston , MA
• 1991 Summer Study Travel Program, Greek Landscape Painting, Skopelos , Greece

Bibliography

• Art Review, Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, Pg.C6, November 18, 2001
• “Brush Strokes in the ‘Current,’ ” Metrowest Daily News, October 28, 2001
• “ Clinton Exhibiting Paintings,” Metrowest Daily News, October 15, 2000
• “ Clinton ’s Colorful Career,” Middlesex News, March 15, 1998

Collections

• Meditech Corporation, Framingham , MA
• Numerous Private Collections throughout the US and abroad

Related Professional Experience

• 1999 Artist Mentor , Art All State , Worcester Art Museum
• 2000 Juror, Hopkinton Cultural Arts Alliance , Members Exhibition
• 1999-2001 Visiting Artist, Framingham , MA Schools, Grades 1-8
• 1995-Present Painting & Drawing Instructor, Danforth Museum School , Framingham , MA