Mary Ann Cherry, psa, waow

Mary Ann is a signature member of both the Pastel Society of America and the Women Artists of the West. She is co-founder of the Pastel Society of the Northern Rockies. She is also a member of the Snake River Plein Air Painters in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Cherry recently won Best of Show, the Founders Award, and Best Pastel at the 2007 Phippen Museum national juried show in Prescott, Arizona.

Cherry has been featured in the Wildlife Art Magazine's "Artists' Viewpoint". She's also been a finalist in both the Pastel Journal Magazine's "Pastel 100" competition and the American Artists' Magazine's annual competition. Cherry won the first statewide parks competition, "Idaho Paints Idaho", with her pastel, "Hot Day at Massacre Rocks".

Mary Ann works in soft pastel, watercolor or oils. Cherry's studio is near the Snake River in Idaho, where wildlife and birds are abundant. Consequently, wildlife and animals are a favorite choice of subject. She is, however, comfortable with any subject matter and is a prolific painter.

She accepts commissions and is always available for workshops in oil, watercolor or pastel.