Vermont abstract painter Cheryl Appe reflects on decades of painting and what changed when she began treating paint as a collaborator in the creative process.

If you’re asking how I start a painting, I don’t start with a plan. I stand in front of a blank surface until a shape or a color suggests itself, and that becomes the first mark. One mark leads to the next. I’m not deciding where it goes in advance. I’m responding to what’s already there.

Inspired by Cézanne’s words and a visit to his studio in Aix-en-Provence, Cheryl Appe reflects on humility, creative struggle, and the freedom of never fully arriving.

What Stayed With Me: Painting Nature from Memory

There's a question I've been asked, and had to sit with, on more than one occasion: "Would this work with my living room? My dining room? The bedroom?" It's a reasonable question…

On Letting Go of the Landscape: An Abstract Artist’s Evolving Creative Practice

Artist Cheryl Appe reflects on how painting became part of her recovery after heart surgery, exploring healing, hope, beauty, and connection through abstract art.

Cheryl Appe’s work is featured at a Winter Exhibition with Susan Eley Fine Art in Park City, UT

Cheryl Appe will show at Landscapes for Lakesake in upstate NY

Cheryl Appe at Aline in Salt Lake City

An Art Donation for Bridge21

A collaboration with interior designer John Bambick

Successful Install for Stoneledge Farms

Abstracts and Landscapes Now on View