About
Cheryl Clinton is a fine arts painter, inspired by intuitive memory and light in the landscape. Her work indicates a collaborative approach to the arts community and study.
Cheryl Clinton’s paintings evoke the moods, colors, and patterns of light in the landscape. Clinton became passionate about art growing up in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts native and traveler
After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art, Clinton traveled to Europe. The waterways of Venice and the surf of Skopelos Island inspired her sense of the natural world. She then went on to complete her Master of Fine Arts in Visual Design from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Her family’s move in 2002 to Boylston, MA invoked childhood memories of the unspoiled beauty of rural New England. Her passion for lush landscape eventually landed her in a studio situated in the quaint country setting of Holliston, MA where she currently resides with her family.
On view
Cheryl has shown her images of water and plant life in solo exhibits at the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham and Tower Hill Botanical Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts. Recent exhibits include a solo show, “Intuitive Navigation”, and three person show “20 Odd Years” both at the former Fountain Street Fine Art, Framingham location and most recently a two person show, “At the Edge” with photographer Vicki MaKenna at Fountain Street’s new Boston gallery space. Clinton’s paintings star in corporate collections at Meditech, Framingham, MA and New England Bio Labs, Frankfurt, Germany. In addition, her work also headlines numerous private collections throughout the United States and abroad.
In the community
Most noteworthy, Clinton is an active promoter of the arts in Boston and the MetroWest region. She was the coordinator and founder of the former Fountain Street Studios in Framingham, once known as the largest collective of working artists West of Boston. She taught painting and drawing for 12 years at the Danforth Museum School. In 2010, Cheryl Clinton partnered with photographer Marie Craig to open Fountain Street Gallery. Fountain Street is an artist-run fine art gallery, located in the prestigious SOWA Arts District of Boston at 460C Harrison Avenue, Suite 2.