Featured artist
Cher Pruys
Ontario, Canada
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Specialty Categories
Painting/Drawing - Figurative/People
Entranced
acrylic on 300lb paper 20” x 21” $5800.00 |
Cherish
acrylic on 300lb paper 13.25” x 17.5” $3800.00 |
Cowboy Dreams
acrylic on 300lb paper 15.25” x 12” $3800.00 |
Painting/Drawing - Still Life
Illuminated Vessels
acrylic/watercolour on 300lb paper 23.25” x 19” $6800.00 |
Tea Time
acrylic on 300lb paper 20.75” x 14.75” $6800.00 |
Tulle Rainbow
acrylic on 300lb paper 21” x 17” $6800.00 |
Painting/Drawing - Transportation
Miss Virginia
acrylic on 300lb paper 19.25” x 14.25” $7000.00 |
Fall Splendour
acrylic on 300lb paper 14” x 10.6” $7000.00 |
Ride
acrylic on 300lb paper 18.25” x 14” $7000.00 |
Artist Statement
Everyday brings another opportunity to explore and create. I love photorealism, but have found great joy as of late, in expanding and including abstract works in my practice. I feel a strong connection with my works of art, and am involved from the first seed of conception, going from a fleeting thought to a well orchestrated developmental process. I am an avid photographer, so I am able to do all the groundwork for my projects.
I am always open to new ideas, and find it most inspiring and refreshing to try many forms of art. Besides painting and photography, I am also an avid glass artist pursuing both fused and stained glass.
I actively work with art enthusiasts, children and adults alike. I teach private classes, go into the schools, and also volunteer for community activities. This past August I was asked by our town council to host a paint night at The New Market Square. I did so as a Volunteer and was rewarded with 70 very enthusiastic and happy students for the evening. I also give various workshops through the year for our Museum, to support and encourage community participation in the arts. Workshops have included clay, silk painting, fused glass ornaments, acrylic painting and more.
This coming year I am especially excited as I will have even more time to follow my passions as I retired as a Royal Conservatory of Music Representative for this area as well as cutting my 4 day music teaching practice down to 1 day, after 35 years!
Art to me is like breathing. It’s a given and thus an integral part of everyday. The satisfaction I get from my personal creating, can only be rivaled by my sharing with eager students. The importance of Art in ones life cannot be stressed enough. Woven into the fabric of our creations I believe, is the bare essence of who we are as participants in this journey called Life.
Bio
AWARDS
ASAA-1st place in The General Aviation Category, 2018
ASAA-1st place in The Commercial Aviation Category, 2018
ASAA-2nd place in The General Aviation Category,2016,2017.
ASAA – Esteemed Nixon Galloway Award, 2017, for “Gilmore Glare”.
SCA-1st place Award of Distinction for “Crushed” at The Be Square Elected Members Exhibit, 2016, and also for “Ski Chalet”, at Canada’s 150, 2017.
WORLD ART ACADEMIA - 5th International Gallery Award 2016
SCA Honourable Mention at the 2015, 2016 Juried Exhibitions
ASAA Award of Merit, 2015
The Mary Pratt Crystal Award 2014 A major Canadian National Award in Art through the Society of Canadian Artists
ASAA Military Aviation Award 1 st , 2014, 2 nd 2013
ASAA Award of Distinction, 2012, 2013
Aviation Week & Space Technology Best of the Best for the best painting in the show, 2012, 2013
Aviation Week & Space Technology General Aviation Award, 3 rd , 2006, 2 nd , 2007, 1 st , 2008, 1 st , 2009, 3 rd , 2010, 2 nd 2011
ASAA International Aerospace Exhibition Simuflite Art Award 1997, 2008, Woman in Aviation Award 1999
CAE Horizons of Flight International Art Exhibition & Competition, Award of Merit, 1997, 2006, 2011, 2012. Honourable mention, 2001, 2006. Woman in Aviation Award 2000.
EAA Sport Aviation International Exhibit & Competition, Honourable Mention, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005.
Artflight Canadian International Aviation Exhibition & Competition, Honourable Mention, 2000 3 rd Place 2002
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
Reflections of Realism, Fort Frances Museum, March/April 2018.
Beechcraft Heritage Museum, October 2016.
The Art of Cher Pruys, Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Center, Fort Frances, ON. 2013 Canada
Celebrate, Fort Frances Museum, Fort Frances, ON. 2013 Canada
Realism, Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Center, Fort Frances, ON. Canada 2011
A Northern Perspective, Beechcraft Museum, Tullahoma, TN. USA 2007
Through Cher's Eyes, Fort Custom Studio, Fort Frances, ON. 2007 Canada
The Aviation Art of Cher Pruys, Western Canadian Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, MN. Canada 2006
A Stroke of History, Atikokan Pictograph Gallery, Atikokan, ON. Canada 2005
Art By Cher, Fine Line Art Gallery, Fort Frances, ON. Canada 2001
Celebration of Flight, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON. Canada 2000
Cher's Passion, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON. Canada 1998
The Works of Cher Pruys, Fort Frances Public Library, Fort Frances, ON. Canada 1994
Cher's Art, The Rendezvous Place, Fort Frances, ON. Canada 1993
Group Exhibitions
The International Guild of Realism Masterworks Tour 2015-2016.
International Guild Of Realism,2016 11th Annual International Juried Exhibition at Gallery 1261 in Denver, “Illuminated Vessels.” 2017 Winter Salon juried exhibition in Scottsdale, Arizona, at The Marshall Gallery, ”Briliiant Finish”. 2018 13th Annual Juried Exhibition at The Sugarman Peterson Gallery in Santa Fe, N.M. “Entranced” and “Miss Virginia”.
Society of Canadian Artists Open Juried Exhibit, Salmon Arm Art Gallery
Salmon Arm, BC. Canada 2014 Juried Exhibit, Markham, ON., Canada, in 2015, Gainsborough Gallery, Calgary,AB, 2015,”Tea Time”, Flato Markham Theatre, Markham,ON., 2015, “Bottled Light”,Leyton Gallery of Fine Art, St.John,NL 2016, “Crushed” and “Slurp”, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Etobicoke,ON, 2016, “Just Dance”, and “Weathered”, Online Juried Exhibit,2016, “Peer Pressure” and “Spy Hole”, Art Squarev Gallery, Toronto,ON., 2017, “Missing” and “Duck’s in a Row”, Gallery 78, Frederickton, NB., 2017, “Ski Chalet”, SCA Online Juried Exhibition,”Tulle Rainbow”, “Cherish”, “Positano”, SCA 2018 Elected Member’s Juried Exhibition, “Entranced”, “Stellar Steel”. SCA 2018, 50th Open International Juried Exhibition,” Ride” and “Cowboy Dreams”. SCA 2018 Elected Associate Members Juried Online Exhibition, “Winter Solstice” and “Midnight in London”.
The Art of The CSAA, Western Canadian Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, MN. Canada 2014
ASAA International Aerospace Art Exhibition & Competition or held-at various Art Galleries in major cities across the USA, Such As Pensacola, Baltimore, Seattle, Kansas City, Savannah, Kalamazoo, Norfolk,etc.
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.2015.,2016,2017,2018.
CAE Simuflite Horizons of Flight International Art Exhibition & Competition, Simuflite Center, DFW, TX. USA.
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.
Trenton Airforce Base Juried Exhibit, Astra, ON. Canada 2010.
EAA Sport Aviation International Exhibit & Competition, Gorman Museum & Gallery, Osh Kosh, WI. USA.
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
Artflight, Canadian Aviation International Exhibit & Competition or held-at various museums in Ottawa, Halifax, etc.
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.
Duck's Unlimited Exhibit & Competition, Toronto, ON. Canada, 2004
Woman in Aviation International Exhibition, Denver, CO. USA 1998
Thunder Bay Art Gallery Northwestern ON. Exhibit & Competition, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON. Canada 1997
Everyday brings another opportunity to explore and create. I love photorealism, but have found great joy as of late, in expanding and including abstract works in my practice. I feel a strong connection with my works of art, and am involved from the first seed of conception, going from a fleeting thought to a well orchestrated developmental process. I am an avid photographer, so I am able to do all the groundwork for my projects.
I am always open to new ideas, and find it most inspiring and refreshing to try many forms of art. Besides painting and photography, I am also an avid glass artist pursuing both fused and stained glass.
I actively work with art enthusiasts, children and adults alike. I teach private classes, go into the schools, and also volunteer for community activities. This past August I was asked by our town council to host a paint night at The New Market Square. I did so as a Volunteer and was rewarded with 70 very enthusiastic and happy students for the evening. I also give various workshops through the year for our Museum, to support and encourage community participation in the arts. Workshops have included clay, silk painting, fused glass ornaments, acrylic painting and more.
This coming year I am especially excited as I will have even more time to follow my passions as I retired as a Royal Conservatory of Music Representative for this area as well as cutting my 4 day music teaching practice down to 1 day, after 35 years!
Art to me is like breathing. It’s a given and thus an integral part of everyday. The satisfaction I get from my personal creating, can only be rivaled by my sharing with eager students. The importance of Art in ones life cannot be stressed enough. Woven into the fabric of our creations I believe, is the bare essence of who we are as participants in this journey called Life.
Bio
AWARDS
ASAA-1st place in The General Aviation Category, 2018
ASAA-1st place in The Commercial Aviation Category, 2018
ASAA-2nd place in The General Aviation Category,2016,2017.
ASAA – Esteemed Nixon Galloway Award, 2017, for “Gilmore Glare”.
SCA-1st place Award of Distinction for “Crushed” at The Be Square Elected Members Exhibit, 2016, and also for “Ski Chalet”, at Canada’s 150, 2017.
WORLD ART ACADEMIA - 5th International Gallery Award 2016
SCA Honourable Mention at the 2015, 2016 Juried Exhibitions
ASAA Award of Merit, 2015
The Mary Pratt Crystal Award 2014 A major Canadian National Award in Art through the Society of Canadian Artists
ASAA Military Aviation Award 1 st , 2014, 2 nd 2013
ASAA Award of Distinction, 2012, 2013
Aviation Week & Space Technology Best of the Best for the best painting in the show, 2012, 2013
Aviation Week & Space Technology General Aviation Award, 3 rd , 2006, 2 nd , 2007, 1 st , 2008, 1 st , 2009, 3 rd , 2010, 2 nd 2011
ASAA International Aerospace Exhibition Simuflite Art Award 1997, 2008, Woman in Aviation Award 1999
CAE Horizons of Flight International Art Exhibition & Competition, Award of Merit, 1997, 2006, 2011, 2012. Honourable mention, 2001, 2006. Woman in Aviation Award 2000.
EAA Sport Aviation International Exhibit & Competition, Honourable Mention, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005.
Artflight Canadian International Aviation Exhibition & Competition, Honourable Mention, 2000 3 rd Place 2002
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
Reflections of Realism, Fort Frances Museum, March/April 2018.
Beechcraft Heritage Museum, October 2016.
The Art of Cher Pruys, Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Center, Fort Frances, ON. 2013 Canada
Celebrate, Fort Frances Museum, Fort Frances, ON. 2013 Canada
Realism, Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Center, Fort Frances, ON. Canada 2011
A Northern Perspective, Beechcraft Museum, Tullahoma, TN. USA 2007
Through Cher's Eyes, Fort Custom Studio, Fort Frances, ON. 2007 Canada
The Aviation Art of Cher Pruys, Western Canadian Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, MN. Canada 2006
A Stroke of History, Atikokan Pictograph Gallery, Atikokan, ON. Canada 2005
Art By Cher, Fine Line Art Gallery, Fort Frances, ON. Canada 2001
Celebration of Flight, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON. Canada 2000
Cher's Passion, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON. Canada 1998
The Works of Cher Pruys, Fort Frances Public Library, Fort Frances, ON. Canada 1994
Cher's Art, The Rendezvous Place, Fort Frances, ON. Canada 1993
Group Exhibitions
The International Guild of Realism Masterworks Tour 2015-2016.
International Guild Of Realism,2016 11th Annual International Juried Exhibition at Gallery 1261 in Denver, “Illuminated Vessels.” 2017 Winter Salon juried exhibition in Scottsdale, Arizona, at The Marshall Gallery, ”Briliiant Finish”. 2018 13th Annual Juried Exhibition at The Sugarman Peterson Gallery in Santa Fe, N.M. “Entranced” and “Miss Virginia”.
Society of Canadian Artists Open Juried Exhibit, Salmon Arm Art Gallery
Salmon Arm, BC. Canada 2014 Juried Exhibit, Markham, ON., Canada, in 2015, Gainsborough Gallery, Calgary,AB, 2015,”Tea Time”, Flato Markham Theatre, Markham,ON., 2015, “Bottled Light”,Leyton Gallery of Fine Art, St.John,NL 2016, “Crushed” and “Slurp”, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Etobicoke,ON, 2016, “Just Dance”, and “Weathered”, Online Juried Exhibit,2016, “Peer Pressure” and “Spy Hole”, Art Squarev Gallery, Toronto,ON., 2017, “Missing” and “Duck’s in a Row”, Gallery 78, Frederickton, NB., 2017, “Ski Chalet”, SCA Online Juried Exhibition,”Tulle Rainbow”, “Cherish”, “Positano”, SCA 2018 Elected Member’s Juried Exhibition, “Entranced”, “Stellar Steel”. SCA 2018, 50th Open International Juried Exhibition,” Ride” and “Cowboy Dreams”. SCA 2018 Elected Associate Members Juried Online Exhibition, “Winter Solstice” and “Midnight in London”.
The Art of The CSAA, Western Canadian Aviation Museum, Winnipeg, MN. Canada 2014
ASAA International Aerospace Art Exhibition & Competition or held-at various Art Galleries in major cities across the USA, Such As Pensacola, Baltimore, Seattle, Kansas City, Savannah, Kalamazoo, Norfolk,etc.
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.2015.,2016,2017,2018.
CAE Simuflite Horizons of Flight International Art Exhibition & Competition, Simuflite Center, DFW, TX. USA.
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.
Trenton Airforce Base Juried Exhibit, Astra, ON. Canada 2010.
EAA Sport Aviation International Exhibit & Competition, Gorman Museum & Gallery, Osh Kosh, WI. USA.
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006.
Artflight, Canadian Aviation International Exhibit & Competition or held-at various museums in Ottawa, Halifax, etc.
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005.
Duck's Unlimited Exhibit & Competition, Toronto, ON. Canada, 2004
Woman in Aviation International Exhibition, Denver, CO. USA 1998
Thunder Bay Art Gallery Northwestern ON. Exhibit & Competition, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON. Canada 1997
