SHERRY SHERWOOD With a long history of familial Provincetown connections, it seems fitting that Sherry Sherwood would find her calling in the Provincetown Print. She is the descendent of several Mayflower pilgrims, her grandfather was born in Provincetown and her great-grandfather made waves as a founding member of the Beachcombers artists' club. Growing up in this creative and free-spirited town helped forge an artistic path flooded with brilliant colors and reflective energy. Sherwood has been a white-line color woodcut artist for over forty years and is well immersed in this world-renowned artist colony of Massachusetts. The "White-line Color Woodcut" is a unique form of woodcut printing that was invented in Provincetown in 1915. The process uses only one block to achieve countless colors by the application of watercolors with a brush and then printing onto rice paper. Sherwood learned this technique in 1981 from her stepfather, Bill Evaul, the artist credited with the revival of the white-line color woodcut process. He has profoundly influenced Sherwood's direction as an artist while encouraging the development of her own style. Using a cross between Analytical Cubism and Impressionism, Sherwood creates an easily understood abstraction that conveys the whole experience of a place or event. While continuing to travel the world, Sherwood adopts the colors and cultural influences of inspirational locales. Whether it be the Philippines, Southern Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, or United States, these experiences become the subject matter for her artwork. In addition to her art career Sherwood continues working to protect the world's fragile ecosystems, marine wildlife, and humankind. A few of the many organizations she is involved with include: Greenpeace, The Center for Coastal Studies, Marine Mammal Stranding Network, NECWA (New England Coastal Wildlife Association), Madagascar mission work, and teaches art classes. Art aside, Sherwood also dedicates time to her amazing family, works on improving her foreign language skills, plays the piano and is an avid sailor and windsurfer. She earned her BFA (with distinction) in Printmaking from UMASS Dartmouth. www.SherrySherwood.com Sherwoodgallery@comcast.net Instagram and TikTok @Artist4Earth