Cheryl Ward
Mixed Media
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Our art business began in the suburbs of Chicago in 2000 when Steve decided to start painting and Cheryl said we should try selling some of these. Fifteen years and 500 art fairs later, we now live in St Augustine FL and have a summer studio in Algonquin IL. We continue to do 30+ art festivals per year and have a vision of slowing down at some point but have not yet.
I've had no formal art training other than a couple of art electives while getting a business degree at the University of Illinois. My father was an architect and I grew up around drawing, sketching, design and composition from his work. I have always loved art, it just never occurred to me that you could make a living with it. Cheryl is an English major to round out the non-art background, but she was and still is the driving force that makes this a business. I developed the prairie grass art, and she jumped right in from day one. Cheryl and I each paint reeds by the hundreds. Once the reeds are assembled into a piece of art, Cheryl touches them up and frames them. We collect the reeds each fall near our home in Algonquin IL. Thank you for your interest and support.