Color Of Oil: Artwork by Steve Sherrell

Steve Sherrell is a career painter from the Chicago school of art. He was raised in Indiana but moved to the Chicago area to finish his education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a BFA and MFA in Painting and Drawing. His early influence was his father who was a painter and window dresser for a large department store. As a boy he was exposed to Abstract Expressionism, Cubism, Pop Art and American Realism. His training at the School of the Art Institute was with Ray Yoshida and Whitney Halstead, who introduced him to studio practices that he has utilized since he graduated. He is Professor Emeritus of Art at Joliet Junior College and retired from teaching in Dec. 2015.

He is currently represented by Water Street Studios Artist’s Collective in Batavia, Illinois, but has shown at many prominent Chicago, national and international venues. He is a career artist, a seasoned veteran of the tough Chicago art world. There is always a sense of play to anything he does, but mixed in is an attempt to get at the heart of questions that matter to us in the 21st century. He has stated that his goal as an artist is to create art based on his inner dialogue, while trying to keep it relevant within the current zeitgeist.

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