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Cheri O'Brien
"Landscapes and Portraits", an exhibit of new work in several media

March 3rd - May 30, 2010
RECEPTION Thursday, March 18th 5:00-7:00 pm

In 1998 Ms. O'Brien was named Snohomish County Artist of the Year. Ms. O'Brien, known as a painter and illustrator, recently completed an enormous public commission. In early 2009 Snohomish Community Transit awarded Cheri an $110,000 commission for the SWIFT bus route on Highway 99, Cheri created 16 8x8 foot concrete platforms with 8 Snohomish river and Matisse inspired images.

Two years ago, after a European vacation, Ms. O'Brien immersed herself in learning the craft of painting on glass in several forms: enameled, fused and reverse-painted images. Many of the works in this show are the new reverse-painted images in both oil on glass and acrylic on plexi. Other are related to her recent SWIFT bus commissions.

Previous to this stylistic development, Ms. O'Brien attended classes in painting glass with noted glass artist Cappy Thompson at the Pratt Fine Art Center. Ms. Thompson, like Ms. O'Brien, is known for glowing figurative images.

In the last three years, Ms. O'Brien secured three additional important public commissions: A group of paintings on glass for Highline Elementary in Des Moines and two posters for separate gardening and arts events in Everett, Washington. Her cheery, cartoony but highly intelligent animals and people appeal to both adults and children.

Please refer questions to Jeffrey Moose, 206.467.6951 or jmoose@jeffreymoosegallery.com.