Sherrie McGraw: Artist and Teacher
Sherrie McGraw studied and taught at the Art Students League of New York and has become one of America’s foremost artists and teachers. Sensitivity to the abstract beauty of painting has always been Sherrie’s interest.
“A painting is more than the subject matter or the story it might depict. Good painting carries an undercurrent of beauty that expresses something beyond subject matter, beyond the tangible reality. It is this level of seeing that makes a painting a living thing, something that speaks even centuries after the artist is gone.”– Sherrie McGraw
Sherrie McGraw’s work has received numerous awards and has shown in major art institutions and museums, including the Butler Institute of American Art, where she had a solo show in 2014. McGraw lectures and demonstrates for art institutions such as the Portrait Society of America, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Brigham Young University, the Art Students League of New York, the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia.
Sherrie McGraw painting in the Portrait Society of America’s Face Off event, Conference of 2013
As a Bright Light Fine Art Artist and co-founder of The Artist Guild, along with David A. Leffel and Jacqueline Kamin, Sherrie has created over two dozen videos offering instruction on drawing and painting the figure, portraits, and still lifes. The Artists Guild spreads the tradition of the old masters through online videos and special tutorials designed to educate painters of all levels.
Jacqueline Kamin and Sherrie McGraw imaged here at the 2013 Portrait Society of America’s annual conference.
Sherrie is author of “The Language of Drawing: From an Artist’s Viewpoint” available in eBook format, and continues to offer workshops throughout the year with Leffel and Kamin. Her most recent workshops were held in Indianapolis, Indiana for the Hoosier Art Salon.
Visit the Bright Light Fine Art website for upcoming workshops, including a Floral Still Life Workshop in September and new 2019 Drawing & Painting Workshops in Santa Fe, New Mexico at this link
Visit Sherrie McGraw’s website to learn more about her many accomplishments as both artist and teacher at:
View more of her work at InSight Gallery of Fredericksburg, Texas here
Find out more about the The Artist Guild and Sherrie’s many instructional materials here
