SEE HER WORK
BEAUTY WITHIN THE BROKENNESS
Having survived life-altering circumstances, Sheri Hope found freedom in her art. BY MCKENZIE HENNINGSEN
“” It all started with a couple of screws and a glob of paint. After leaving a
Photos courtesy of Sheri Hope.
full-time office job working in graphic design, artist Sheri Hope taught herself to paint using unconventional materials. For Hope, the switch from digital artwork to a physical medium wasn’t an easy one. “All of a sudden, I had no control,” Hope says. “I didn’t know how to paint; I just liked it. I didn’t have the control that I had with graphic design, because when you’re on the computer, everything can be perfect.” Struggling with traditional paint brushes, Hope began using screws to apply paint.
I felt like [the brushes] expected perfection, and I didn’t know how to do that. So I went the extreme opposite of perfection. I went into chaos.
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