Sherrie Nielsen • California • waow
Sherrie Nielsen creates paintings and drawings that celebrate wildlife, domestic animals, birds and plant life. Her work is rooted in reverence for the poetic force of creation. Her subjects, whether encountered in a fleeting glance or an intimate moment, are portrayed with physical accuracy and inherent presence. She seeks to honor the living heritage of individuality of form, intelligence, and resilience amid the sublime forces of nature, and inter-species interactions to invite empathetic connection with her subjects, as she depicts defining moments of drama, nobility, humor, and whimsy.
Nielsen works primarily in oil, with occasional joyful diversions into charcoal and colored pencil. She values traditional materials for their capacity to convey nuance, texture, and permanence. She is an Associate Member with Distinction of American Women Artists; and is a juried Associate member of Women Artists of the West and Oil Painters of America.
My work is a celebration of animals and the beauty of the natural world. I strive to portray the individuality and presence of each subject—wild or domestic—through careful observation and respect for anatomy, gesture, and spirit. Working primarily in oil, with joyful detours into charcoal and colored pencil, I value traditional materials for their ability to convey nuance, texture, and permanence. Whether capturing a fleeting glance or an intimate moment, I aim to invite empathetic connection by revealing drama, nobility, humor, and whimsy within nature’s rhythms.
