Artist Information:
Sherry Baumann
Lexington, KY
United States
Member Since: Mar 2003
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Artist Statement:
Biography of Sherry Baumann
(Sweet Briar)
I knew I had no artistic
talent as I was growing up,
because I was told by the
people I respected most that
I'd never be an artist. I was
raised on various Thoroughbred
horse farms in several states
by my grandparents. I think I
worshiped my grandfather, he
introduced me to horses when I
was three months old. He was
a wonderful man, but his idea
of art was very limited and
did not allow for the wildly
imaginative shapes and colors
that escaped from my mind and
flung themselves upon the
pages before me. So, I
disowned my artistic self,
until for some unknown
reason,in late December of
1998, this unacknowleged force
started to express itself
through the medium of
painting.
I have finally reached a time
in my life when I realize that
my creatively conceptual style
of painting is acceptable. Two
quotes from Picasso express
the way that I feel about my
artwork, the first is, "The
artist is a receptacle for
emotions that come from all
over the place: from the sky,
from the earth, from a scrap
of paper, from a passing
shape, from a spider'...
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Sherry Baumann's Free Artist Portfolio
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I knew I had no artistic talent as I was growing up, because I was told by the people I respected most that I'd never be an artist. I was raised on various Thoroughbred horse farms in several states by my grandparents. I think I worshiped my grandfather, he introduced me to horses when I was three months old. He was a wonderful man, but his idea of art was very limited and did not allow for the wildly imaginative shapes and colors that escaped from my mind and flung themselves upon the ... |
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