Presentation by Cheryl Knowles-Harrigan

Cheryl Knowles-Harrigan was educated at the Philadelphia College of Art (illustration) and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (painting, printmaking). Her graduate degree is in Educational Technology from Stockton University of NJ. She is a Full Professor of Art at Atlantic Cape Community College where she teaches drawing, mixed media painting, classical drawing and painting techniques, printmaking, and General Education art courses for non-majors. Her primary mediums are observational oil paintings and watercolors, (sub)urban sketching, and whimsical mixed media constructions. Cheryl has lectured on art history, art appreciation, and led hands-on workshops for teenagers and adults at numerous art and community centers. In 2009-2010, she received a Princeton Mid-Career Fellowship that allowed her to study the portrait and conceptual writing and art while authoring an in-depth research paper that was published by Princeton University. She was the 2011 recipient of the Lindback Teaching Excellence Award. Cheryl is in numerous private collections and also the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Noyes Museum. She has exhibited her work in many solo and group shows in New Jersey and Pennsylvania including a midcareer retrospective of over 100 works at Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts. Her work can be seen at Ocean City Fine Arts League, the Noyes Museum, and many local galleries in the tri-state area. She is a resident studio artist/Associate Artist at Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts (Studio 3) and a signature member of StrobeNJ (Visual Artists’ Collective of NJ). Cheryl is a resident of Milmay, NJ where she lives with her husband John, and their rescue dogs Cletus and Mabel. You can see more of Cheryl’s work and get updates on workshops and events by visiting Ckharts on Facebook, knowlesharrigan on Instagram, or her Website: ckharts.com.

From the Artist

Simplifying the Figure; Gesture and Proportion in Action If you are struggling with drawing or painting the figure or wish to improve, gesture and proportion are essential to constructing a convincing figure. From head to toe, this process can be greatly simplified by using some basic approaches. Learn how to generalize the figure before adding details.