Cherry is a signature member of the Pastel Society
of America and co-founder of the Pastel Society of the Northern
Rockies as well as Master Signature Member of the Women Artists of the West. While her medium of choice is soft pastel, she also works
in oil and watercolor - rendering any subject matter, including
portraiture.
She has been a "Best of Show" award winner at
the national juried Phippen Museum show in Prescott, Arizona, where one of her paintings resides in the permanent collection. Mary Ann was statewide winner of the first "Idaho Paints Idaho" competition
sponsored by Idaho State Parks and Recreation and 2006 winner of
the Southeastern Regional Award. Cherry has had several one-person museum exhibitions, and has been guest artist at many various shows including the Olaf Wieghorst Museum in El Cajon, California, and the Montana Professional Artists Association.
She is a nationally sought-after workshop instructor, and is one who loves to teach. Her workshop schedule can be found on her website.
Mary Ann also does website design for other artists, and is currently the webmistress for WAOW. Her graphic design site can be accessed HERE. |