CV/Bio
I come from a family with strong artistic ability, but I'm the only one who has taken it out of the hobby realm. I trained as a Medical laboratory technician , and have not been formally trained in art. As a teenager, and with my Father's input, I worked on drawings at home. These efforts I entered in junior competitions and often won a placement. While at university, I tried my hand at murals, and learned how to scale things up and down in size. I really did not view myself as a painter because I did not think I knew how to use colour. I was frustrated that my pictures would not match what was in my head; so I did not pursue art as a career choice.
After my marriage, my husband encouraged me to take a painting class being offered. I was interested this time because I had since seen work by Robert Bateman. His style was along the lines of what I had always seen in my head, and admired. Anyway, after being told to mute my colours; what I came up with surprised both my husband and myself, and I have continued, with my husband's support, ever since. I have since taken workshops with John Seerey-Lester, Carl Brenders, Allan Hunt, Robert Bateman, Graham Flatt, Terry Isaac and Daniel Smith; all of whom are both great painters and great teachers.
My work has been in shows in New York, Ottawa, Lloydminster, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver; as well as being in a yearlong Cross Canada show with Canadian Wildlife Habitat; and I was also the artist in residence in February 1999 for the Barr Colony Heritage Center and "Education through Art Society" My work is in collections across Canada, and overseas.
I have now been painting seriously for about 20 years; fitting it around my four Kids, (the youngest of whom is autistic), and our farm. I like to work in oil, acrylic and gouache, which have the strong colors I prefer to use.
I was also invited to join Artists For Conservation in 2009, and I am excited to be part of a group that looks out for my favorite painting subjects...Wildlife and Nature. And it was an honour to be invited as an associate member of "Women Atists of the West" in 2011
�Cindy Sorley-Keichinger AFC
Box 382, Kitscoty,
Alberta, Canada.� T0B 2P0
780-847-2294
Alberta Wildlife Art | Nature Art Paintings | Botanical Art | Alberta Canada Botanical Art
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