Cheryl Thompson Impressionism Napa Valley Impressionism Artist
 

About Cheryl

Balance and connection define Cheryl Thompson’s life and art. With those two elements, the passionate creativity inside her is free to flow. Cheryl’s love of art surfaced in the sun-drenched San Diego beach community where she grew up. Yet as an adult, her career followed a hard-driving corporate track.

By the 1990s, her longing for a simpler, more fulfilling life led her to leave that world behind — to develop and run a family winery in California’s Napa Valley.

Surrounded by natural beauty, living life at a slower pace, Cheryl began to reconnect with her creativity.  She designed and manufactured ceramic tableware items under the Atmospheres brand for many years, but the call of the brush on canvas was not to be ignored. Cheryl has put together a portfolio of color, movement and style all her own. 

Working with mediums such as gel, molding paste and vinyl, Cheryl has created art that is emotional, is touchable and resilient.  Using a torch and heating elements, she molds the vinyl into shapes and adds elements to create a sculpture on canvas.  Her florals emerge from the canvas to