Cheryl Medow Portrait Photography
American, b. 1944
California artist Cheryl Medow creates images that entice the viewer to enter the natural world and envision her wild birds, in imaginary and real environments. Using classical and contemporary tools, Medow layers her photographs, weaving them together to create visual narratives.
Cheryl Medow’s background in the arts is diverse. Medow studied ceramics at the famed Chouinard Institute and received a BA in Art from UCLA, concentrating on life drawing with charcoal and pastels. Continuing her art education, she studied printmaking at Hand Graphics in Santa Fe, New Mexico and digital printmaking with Mac Holbert and John Paul Caponigro in Santa Barbara. With this classical training in the arts and her new found twenty-first century tools, including digital photography and Photoshop, Medow found her calling: traveling around the world searching for birds to photograph and creating new images in her studio. Both worlds engage and enhance her curiosity about birds and puts her into the creative flow of life.
Since first exhibiting her work in 2006, Medow has received many accolades and her work is held in many private collections. There have been numerous articles written about her work including Proof.National Geographic - An Altered Reality by Becky Harlan and Inspire Adobe Photoshop For The Birds by Alyssa Coppelman. Medow was a featured artist in the August 2017 publication of LensWork #131.
In 2019, Medow had her first showing at AIPAD at Pier #94, NYC. Ten prints from her series were displayed at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago, Illinois. And, CFPA Center for Photographic Arts in Carmel exhibited Crowned Crane Calling in the November International Juried Exhibition juried by Paula Tognarelli from the Griffin Museum.
In 2018, many of Medow's prints from her Envisioning Habitat An Altered Reality series were on view at the Wildling Museum in Solvang, California. Medow's image Grey Crowned Cranes won the Best Of Show award in the Altered Reality category in NANPA's Showcase 2018 along Two Snowys which received the Judges' Choice Award. Both and more were featured in NANPA's publication Expressions 2018. The jurors were George Lepp, Roy Toft and Darrel Gulin. She received both a Gold and Portfolio Awards in San Francisco Bay International Photo Show and Night Heron In Tucson was exhibited at the ACCI Gallery, in Berkeley, California, during the San Francisco Bay Month of Photography in September of 2018. The Texas Photographic Society featured Burrowing Owls at the ArtWorks Gallery in Austin, Texas and received Honorable Mention from the juror, Roy Flukinger.
Six prints were featured in Currents 2017 at the Ogden Museum in New Orleans juried by Richard McCabe in conjunction with PhotoNola. Tri-Colored Heron And A Skimmer is now part of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art permanent collection.
Over the years, many of her images have been displayed in galleries across the US.
Medow hopes that by embracing her hyper-real bird images, her audience will also create more space for birds living on our planet and be mindful of the fragility and beauty of life itself.to
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Artist: Cheryl Medow
Great Egrets, A Starry Night
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin
Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 25 x 20 in., Image size: 20 x...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cheryl Medow Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Great Egrets, A Starry Night by Cheryl Medow, 2014, Archival Pigment Print
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Great Egrets, A Starry Night by Cheryl Medow presents two white birds standing near the water's edge, scanning the pond for their next meal. The Milky W...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cheryl Medow Portrait Photography
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Great Blue in the Rain by Cheryl Medow, 2014, Archival Pigment Print
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Great Blue in the Rain by Cheryl Medow presents a striking portrait of a great blue heron. The bird stands with ruffled feathers, looking over waves on the rainy shore of the ocean.
This photograph is listed as a 20 x 16 in archival pigment print, with the paper size measuring 25 x 20 inches. This print is available in an edition of 10. This photograph is signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin and signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso. This photograph is available in multiple sizes with varying editions.
Santa Barbara art photographer Cheryl Medow creates images that entice the viewer to enter her world, both real and imagined.
Cheryl Medow's background in the arts is diverse, but interconnected.
Medow studied ceramics at the famed Chouinard Institute and received a BA in Art from UCLA, concentrating on life drawing with charcoal and pastels. Continuing her art education, she studied printmaking at Hand Graphics in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
With a wealth of materials and techniques, Medow layers her photographs and weaves them together to create visual narratives.
There have been numerous articles written about her work. Avian Alchemy by Becca Cudmore was published by Audubon News/Culture on June 5, 2015, Proof. National Geographic - An Altered Reality by Becky Harlan along with National Geographics Sunday Stills, Sunday, July 12, 2015 and an article in Inspire Adobe Photoshop For The Birds by Alyssa Coppelman in August.
In 2016, Medow was included in the SLIDESHOW Night at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City, California. She received the Juror's Award at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury Vermont...
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2010s Contemporary Cheryl Medow Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Great Egrets in the Bayou
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin.
Signed, titled, dated and print type in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 25 x 20 in., Image size: 20 x...
Category
2010s Surrealist Cheryl Medow Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Pelicans at Dawn
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin.
Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 21 x 24 in., Image size: 16 ...
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2010s Surrealist Cheryl Medow Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Kori Bustard And Zebras - Color Photograph, Woman Artist, Bird, Landscape
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin by Cheryl Medow
Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso by Cheryl Medow
Paper size...
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2010s Surrealist Cheryl Medow Portrait Photography
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Archival Pigment
Great Blue Heron With Chicks Revisited S.E.
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 6 + 2 APs
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin by Cheryl Medow
Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso by Cheryl Medow
Arc...
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2010s Contemporary Cheryl Medow Portrait Photography
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White Ibis With Fish
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin
Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 21 x 24 in., Image size: 16 x 20 in.
Santa Monica art photographer Cheryl Medow creates images that entice the viewer to enter her world, both real and imagined.
Cheryl Medow's background in the arts is diverse, but interconnected.
Medow studied ceramics at the famed Chouinard Institute and received a BA in Art from UCLA, concentrating on life drawing with charcoal and pastels. Continuing her art education, she studied printmaking at Hand Graphics in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
With a wealth of materials and techniques, Medow layers her photographs and weaves them together to create visual narratives.
There have been numerous articles written about her work. Avian Alchemy by Becca Cudmore was published by Audubon News/Culture on June 5, 2015, Proof. National Geographic - An Altered Reality by Becky Harlan along with National Geographics Sunday Stills, Sunday, July 12, 2015 and an article in Inspire Adobe Photoshop For The Birds by Alyssa Coppelman in August.
In 2016, Medow was included in the SLIDESHOW Night at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City, California. She received the Juror's Award at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury Vermont for Great Blue Heron With Chicks Revisited and her print will be exhibited from March 23 through April 22 and White Ibis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Cheryl Medow Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
White Ibis With Fish by Cheryl Medow, 2014, Archival Pigment Print, Photography
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
White Ibis With Fish by Cheryl Medows depicts a white bird carrying a green fish in it's beak. The bird walks along the sandy shore, with the open ocean in the distance.
This photograph is listed as a 16 x 20 inch archival pigment print, with the paper size measuring 21 x 24 inches. It is available in an edition of 10. This photograph is signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin. It is also signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso.
This photograph has 2 AP prints available in 24 x 30 inches, with the paper size measuring 31 x 36 inches. If you are interested in this larger size, please contact the gallery for pricing.
Santa Barbara art photographer Cheryl Medow creates images that entice the viewer to enter her world, both real and imagined.
Cheryl Medow's background in the arts is diverse, but interconnected.
Medow studied ceramics at the famed Chouinard Institute and received a BA in Art from UCLA, concentrating on life drawing with charcoal and pastels. Continuing her art education, she studied printmaking at Hand Graphics in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
With a wealth of materials and techniques, Medow layers her photographs and weaves them together to create visual narratives.
There have been numerous articles written about her work. Avian Alchemy by Becca Cudmore was published by Audubon News/Culture on June 5, 2015, Proof. National Geographic - An Altered Reality by Becky Harlan along with National Geographics Sunday Stills, Sunday, July 12, 2015 and an article in Inspire Adobe Photoshop For The Birds by Alyssa Coppelman in August.
In 2016, Medow was included in the SLIDESHOW Night at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City, California. She received the Juror's Award at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury Vermont...
Category
2010s Contemporary Cheryl Medow Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Great Blue Heron at Rest
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 10
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin by Cheryl Medow
Signed, titled, dated and print type in pencil on print verso by Cheryl Medow
Paper size: 25 x 20 in., Image size: 20 x 16 in.
Available in the following sizes:
Paper size: 18 x 14.5 in., Image size: 13 x 10.4 in. in., Edition of 25 $1700
Paper size: 25 x 20 in., Image size: 20 x 16 in., Edition of 10, $2300
Paper size: 37 x 30 in., Image size: 30 x 24 in., Edition of 6, $2900
Santa Barbara art photographer Cheryl Medow creates images that entice the viewer to enter her world, both real and imagined.
Cheryl Medow's background in the arts is diverse, but interconnected.
Medow studied ceramics at the famed Chouinard Institute and received a BA in Art from UCLA, concentrating on life drawing with charcoal and pastels. Continuing her art education, she studied printmaking at Hand Graphics in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
With a wealth of materials and techniques, Medow layers her photographs and weaves them together to create visual narratives.
There have been numerous articles written about her work. Avian Alchemy by Becca Cudmore was published by Audubon News/Culture on June 5, 2015, Proof. National Geographic - An Altered Reality by Becky Harlan along with National Geographics Sunday Stills, Sunday, July 12, 2015 and an article in Inspire Adobe Photoshop For The Birds by Alyssa Coppelman in August.
In 2016, Medow was included in the SLIDESHOW Night at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City, California. She received the Juror's Award at PhotoPlace Gallery in Middlebury Vermont for Great Blue Heron...
Category
2010s Contemporary Cheryl Medow Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Great Egret
By Cheryl Medow
Located in Denton, TX
Edition of 6
Signed and numbered in pencil, and blind stamp on print margin
Signed, titled, dated, and print type in pencil on print verso.
Paper size: 32 x 26 in., Image size: 25 7/...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Cheryl Medow Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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