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FASO Collector Recommends: Sherry Mason
Biography
Sherry Mason is a contemporary realist oil painter whose work explores light, atmosphere, memory, and the emotional experience of the visible world.
Following a career in pharmacy, Mason retired from practice in 2016 to devote herself fully to painting. Her independent education in classical and representational art includes a six-month mentorship with Tina Garrett, workshops with Joseph McGurl, Scott Christensen, and Bill Farnsworth, direct observation, and sustained studio study.
Rooted in plein-air experience, Mason paints landscapes, figures, and still lifes, exploring questions of light, color, atmosphere, presence, and memory across different subjects.
Her paintings have received recognition from the Art Renewal Center, PleinAir Salon, Almenara Art Prize, BoldBrush, Art & Color 365, and other national and international juried programs. A Non-Resident Artist Member of the Salmagundi Club, Mason lives and works in North Carolina.
Artist’s statement:
Through oil painting, I explore the quiet poetry of light, place, memory, and lived experience.
My work begins with observation - often outdoors, where changing light reveals how quickly the familiar can become extraordinary. Plein air studies and direct encounters with the landscape inform paintings developed in the studio, where memory becomes as important as observation.
I am drawn to thresholds: the last light on a horizon, a path disappearing beyond view, reflections dissolving into water, a solitary figure absorbed in a quiet task. These moments invite us to linger. Light becomes more than illumination; it becomes a way of directing attention toward what might otherwise pass unnoticed.
Although landscape has been central to my practice, I do not see subject matter as a boundary. The figure, still life, and other subjects offer different ways to study light, color, form, atmosphere, and presence. I am interested in pursuing the same questions deeply across different subjects, allowing each area of study to expand how I see the others.
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Thank you, FASO Collector, for featuring Common Interest and sharing my work with your readers! It’s especially meaningful to have this painting recognized, as it captures a quiet, everyday moment that remains close to my heart. I’m truly grateful for your continued support of artists and for this lovely recognition!