Cheryl McDonald


The Journey

Posted 8 months ago

Life can be such a fantastical journey. It is up to us to make choices that lead us on the adventure or keep us safe and warm in our conventional and predictable lives. I choose the adventure, and am constantly challenged by it. Sometimes the journey is beautiful and sometimes it feels like walking through the desert in an asteroid storm. Either way I learn and experience, and for me that is al…

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Intricate- coming together

Posted 9 months ago

Today is my first post to Illustration Friday in a long time. I always enjoy going to the site and just not been greatly motivated to participate. This year I find myself wanting to do more of that. Figuring out how to connect the bits and pieces of my online life so they all work together. Intricate details that make up the fabric of who I am. Sometimes we forget to connect the dots.

This d…

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simplicity and attention to detail-not necessarily contradictions

Posted 9 months ago

It is first Thurday- art-opening time in San Francisco. I managed to hit a number of galleries tonight. Actually found 2 that were showing works by pencil artists. Very much enjoyed their work and saw a more simplistic approach to well rendered work. intricate and beautiful drawings with lot’s of empty space around them. Although one of the joys of my work is creating the backgrounds, it is als…

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Here I am

Posted about 1 year ago

A friend led me to this site just yesterday. I am very impressed with the quality of work and was very excited to participate on this site. I look forward to discovering more about the site and all the creative people that inhabit it.

Nice to hang with other people who don’t automatically assume your weird just because you have visions and need to put them on the page.