Cheryl lives in a very scenic area in northern Wisconsin. Living here allows her to observe and photograph the wildlife and nature around her that she loves so much. Cheryl's background is in commercial art where she studied in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She continued to take additional classes and workshops and learned to work in a several mediums. For many years she worked as a graphic artist for a magazine publication, advertising agency and printing company. She also did freelance illustration and design work and eventually started freelancing fulltime. As much as she loved computer graphics, she missed the more traditional arts and found herself transitioning back the fine arts which is her primary focus now. She loves the freedom not only to choose the subject matter but also the medium to create it in.