Cheryl McGannon Art

  BIO

Cheryl McGannon is Sunshine Coast-based artist, having resided in Brisbane and then Townsville until 2007. She held the position of senior art lecturer at The Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE from 1990 to 2005. She continued her art education in North Queensland, at James Cook University, Townsville, Cheryl ( as she sees it now )was influenced by artists; Ron McBurnie, Margaret Wilson; Anne Lord; Judy Watson; and Tate Adams, all renowned Australian artists.  

Her childhood was spent surrounded by the open plains of western New South Wales.  Over the last ten years however, Cheryl’s painting and workshop classes has occupied an increasing larger part of her life, and her distinctive style has developed exponentially. During 2015 she was introduced to cold wax medium oils and pigments.  After travelling to Italy and undertaking one of Rebecca’ Crowell's workshops she was seduced by this medium.  Now working almost exclusively with wax, both hot and cold. 

Her works have been acquired by appreciative collectors and art collectors within Australia and overseas.  Her works are represented in office spaces and private homes through commissions or acquired through more recent Brisbane-based exhibitions. She is the recipient of numerous art awards and runs workshops from her studio on the Sunshine Coast. 

Cheryl’s colour palette is varied. Her technique is subtle and considered, whilst being balanced with line, shape, texture and form to bring about her distinctive style.

Each year I open my studios to the public, you are welcome to visit my workshop during the Noosa Open Studio week in August. I will be demonstrating numerous techniques, including encaustic wax, cold wax painting; printmaking and monoprinting on a hot box using coloured wax and oil sticks. Dates to mark on your calendar for 2019 are August 16 (Friday) through to Sunday August 25. Open Studio will be followed by two workshops: one in cold wax and the other in encaustic mixed media. I look forward to greeting many visitors to my studio. 

Fabulous workshop, best I've ever done. Learnt so much & had fun at the same time. Merridy Hope King

Holy shiznicks, I've just been christened into the world of encaustic by Cheryl McGannon in one of her 2 day workshops. She is a master of the medium and had me at the words "blow torch and melted beeswax"!!! I've a long way to go to experiment with this medium and decide how to incorporate it into my work, I am so grateful to have been introduced to it. Cheryl teaches workshops at her oasis of a studio in Doonan and is a highly sought after Qld artist. She is a flaming legend!!!! Book yourself in!  Amica Whincop Art.

Intaglio Printmaking refers to a printing method in which the printing elements are all below the plate surface, having been cut, scratched, engraved, or etched into the plate to form ink-retaining grooves.

I offer Introductory and Intermediate Courses in different forms of Intaglio Printmaking including Etching & Photopolymer.

2 day course – 9.20am – 4.30pm

Etching as a process was developed as a quicker, looser, less labour intensive alternative to engraving.  An image could be drawn through a wax ground, and the corrosive action of acid used to etch the lines into the metal plates.

My Introduction to Etching course allows participants to work on their own zinc/copper/aluminium plates, experiment first with hard ground and soft ground, then adding tone using aquatint techniques.

Participants will print examples of each of these processes and leave with these prints and their plates.