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Member Artist

Cheryl Gratias

As an artist and a scientist, Cheryl Gratias has followed a call to observe, experiment, create, and share - - a practice that lies at the heart of both pursuits. Her vivid watercolors embody light, color, energy and life, the same qualities that defined her work as a physicist in laser optics. Cheryl’s art is supported by strong drawing skills honed as a technical illustrator for over a decade. This expertise gives her the freedom to tackle a wide variety of subjects and enables her to seamlessly incorporate lively India ink linework into many of her paintings. It is her hope that the bright energy and life of these paintings resonate with her viewers and can enliven and bring joy to their personal spaces.

Cheryl’s award-winning work has most recently been exhibited in the “2025 Regional Fine Art Show” in Loveland, CO; the Colorado Watercolor Society’s 2024 “Inspirations” Exhibit in Colorado Springs, CO; and in the “2024 National Fine Art Show” in Loveland, CO. She is also a popular instructor for the Thompson Valley Art League at Lincoln Gallery in Loveland.

See more of her work at: Cheryl Gratias Fine Art, www.stoneridgestudio.com

Recent Exhibitions:

“2025 Regional Fine Art Show” – 2nd Place Watercolors – Loveland, CO, Sept 2025

“Inspirations” Colorado Watercolor Society – Colorado Springs, CO, Sept 2024

“2024 National Fine Art Show” - Loveland, CO Sept 2024

“2023 National Fine Art Show” - 2nd Place Watercolors - Loveland, CO Sept 2023

TVAL Members’ Show Feb 2022 – Best of Show – Loveland, CO May 2022

“2021 Regional Fine Art Show” - Loveland, CO, Sept, 2021

“Unsettled: A Community Art Exhibition” - Windsor, CO, Oct - Dec 2020

“Historic Windsor: The Past in Color” - (Windsor, CO, Oct - Dec 2019)

“Chasing Light 2019: Invitational Exhibition of Northern Colorado Plein

Air Painters”- (Fort Collins, CO Nov 2019)