Sheryl Legier Gruenig

Raised on the bayous of French influenced Southern Louisiana, Sheryl studied art through a prominent Louisiana art educator and artist.  Heritage oak trees, moss-laden Cypress and farmlands cultivated her love of textures, patterns, and organic beauty found in nature.  Sheryl works as an interior designer and mixed media artist.  She resides with her husband in Louisiana and part-time in the mountains of North Carolina.

Spending time in nature collecting natural and living plant material to be used in the work, Sheryl creates a record of those experiences.  Each work seeks to create a sense of time and place that can inspire a feeling of sacred spaces.  The hope is that the viewer can connect with nature and experience a moment of serenity and joy.   As a mixed media artist, she works with Monotype prints, Cyanotype, collage and encaustic at times fuses the mediums into one work.  She only creates original work and never reproductions. Discovery and experimentation with processes and materials bring interest and excitement to her artwork.