Asheville Gallery of Art: Cheryl Keefer

Carolina Moon, oil

Award-winning plein air painter, Cheryl Keefer

Inspired by the southern genre of her heritage and her old friends, Rembrandt, Sargent and Monet, Cheryl paints on location/from life.

“Painting simply verifies my God-given co-existence with man and nature.”

The daughter of a legacy of Alabama teachers, preachers and farmers, Keefer became mindful of the joy of simple pleasures. Her appreciation for the land and its beauty has been reflcted in her art since the age of 13, leading her to study art formally. She received a degree in Art Education from Jacksonville State University, a Masters in Art History from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, and graduate painting from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her work has garnered many awards and she is a teacher of plein air painting in both watercolor and oil.

Keefer is a member of the Western North Carolina Plein Air Painters, and the Portrait Society of America. She is often found painting in the streams, on the parkway, and by the mountain lakes of the region that is her home.