Cheri Christensen
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Cheri Christensen was born in Enumclaw, Washington, a small rural town of horse and cattle ranches and dairies at the foot of Mt. Rainier. She attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and graduated from the University of Washington.

Cheri studied oil painting intensely for three years with Ron Lukas, a protégé of Sergei Bongart, who taught in the tradition of the Russian Impressionists. In her studies, Cheri concentrated on seeing and conveying the effects of color and light on forms.

The first painting she submitted to a competition was included in a prestigious exhibition at the Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum in Seattle, and the first painting to include animals received the Beatrice Jackson Memorial award for Best Traditional Landscape in the Allied Artists of America 1995 show. She has since gone on to be represented in and win awards in numerous regional, national, and international shows.

Cheri is a signature member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society and a member of the Oil Painters of America. Cheri has also received the Memorial award for Best Traditional Landscape in the Allied Artists of America 1995 show. She has since gone on to be represented in and win awards in numerous regional, national, and international shows.

Cheri is a signature member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society and a member of the Oil Painters of America.

I am inspired by the simple, everyday interaction of the animals in their environment; the way that light dances across the form, the harmony of color relationships, and the shapes of light or late afternoon settings, with extreme back-lighting. My focus is on the farm animals and the use of color, light and the texture of the oil paint to convey a mood.

Cheri has been featured in Western Art Collector Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine and In Focus Magazine. She now resides in New Mexico.