About the artist SHERRIE RUSS LEVINE

          Sherrie Russ Levine was born and raised in Georgetown, South Carolina. She attended Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Florida where she received a degree in graphic design & illustration in 1981. After graduating she worked in advertising and corporate art departments in Atlanta, Georgia for 10  years before making Nashville, Tennessee her home. Since 1995 she has focused her energy on paintings in oil and actively participates in art exhibits and events for Tennessee Land Conservation.

          Levine is an artist noted for her loose impressionist paintings that are filled with evocative light and color. Her works capture the viewer's attention with expressive brushwork or palette knife work, giving just enough details to invite them to take a closer look. If not painting from life in the studio she often travels to find new inspiration and loves to paint en plein air, which translates to "in the open air" in French.

          Levine's paintings are gaining national recognition in private collections and have become a part of the Tennessee State Museum's Permanent Collection. She has been a monthly finalist in the annual "RayMar Art's Fine Art Competition" in 2007 & 2008, sponsored by RayMarArt.com. Levine has continued her studies of painting under the tutelage of renowned artists Barbara Flowers, Dee Beard Dean, Kim English, Puala Frizbe, Camille Przewodek and Leslie Rich.

SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITS: 
2010 -  Harding Art Show, Regional Juried Show, Harding Academy of Nashville, TN
2010 -  Small Works Show, Nashville Gallery, Nashville, TN
2009 -  Gibson Guitar Project, Whole Foods Market of Green Hills, Nashville, TN
2009 -  Tennessee State Museum 100th Anniversary Exhibit, Nashville, TN
2009 -  Portals to Printemps, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York, NY
2008 -  Between Starlight & Sunlight, Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York, NY
2007 -  Solo Exhibit & guest artist, Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2007 -  Fine Art in Brentwood, Juried Show, Brentwood Academy, Nashville, TN
2006 -  Parade of Homes, Juried Art Exhibit, at Annandale, Brentwood, TN
2006 -  Artrageous 19 Art Auction, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
2006 -  Solo Exhibit, Ruthie Cherry Fine Art Gallery, Nashville, TN
2006 -  Artclectic, Juried Fine Art Show and Sale, University School of Nashville, TN
2005 -  Solo Exhibit, Gordon Jewish Community Center of Nashville, TN
2005 -  40th Annual Central South, Regional Juried Art Exhibit, Nashville, TN
2003 -  Fine Art in Brentwood, Juried Show, Brentwood Academy, Nashville, TN
2001 -  2010: THE CHESTNUT GROUP Exhibits, Nashville, TN

PROFFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Impressionist Society
Oil Painter's of America
Plein Air Nashville
The Chestnut Group

Contact:  slevinefineart@aol.com