ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sheryl Humphrey is a painter living and working in Staten Island, New York. She attended Yale University, received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, and earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at Brooklyn College in 1998. Her work has been exhibited extensively in New York and across the country. Paintings by Ms. Humphrey are included in many public, private, and corporate collections, including Prudential Insurance, the El Paso Museum of Art, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in Brooklyn.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My paintings are representations of powerful forces that I sense within myself, in others, and in the world around me. I sometimes think of these paintings as portraits of the spirits of Nature; they reflect my visions of anthropomorphized energies at work in the universe.
The painters of the Renaissance and the Baroque, the Symbolists, the Pre-Raphaelites, the Post-Impressionists, the Nabis, Art Nouveau, the Surrealists, the Magic Realists, Haitian painting, and contemporary Visionary, Psychedelic, and self-taught artists have all inspired me. In-depth readings on the subjects of herbalism, alchemy, folklore, and mythology, in conjunction with close contact with Nature in my garden, are sources for the subjects of my paintings.
Works by my husband Edward Coppola and my mother Mitzi Humphrey are also available here at Imagekind. Please visit their galleries as well.
RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS (2007)
'Dark Summer: Early Paintings by Sheryl Humphrey'. Catfish Walkin', Staten Island, NY.
'The Sisterhood of Flora: Paintings by Sheryl Humphrey'. Art Lab, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY.
'Sheryl Humphrey: "Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils": Art Inspired by the Alice Books of Lewis Carroll'. Chop Suey Books, Richmond, VA.