ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2021 Submission

My oils, though often based on the recognizable, share a deeper, ""off to the side"" look at life than the purely representational. I try to tap into and convey life's undertows which, to me, are the unspoken, unseen energies that bring close and bind artists and their viewers. From the beauty of agricultural fields and barns; of bodies of water and their islands and shores; of the forms and eyes of animals, wild and domestic; of the human form; of our architecture--the constant conversing of light and shading and coloration that lets us see these things is what I always try to convey.

Sheryl Massaro holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The American University and studied with several key poets, including Allen Ginsberg, Stanley Kunitz, W.S. Merwin, and others. She has had residencies at Yaddo (New York) and St. Peter’s (Canada) colonies. She also is an oil painter and photographer, and currentl is an Artist in Residence at The Griffin Art Center, Frederick, MD