Cheryl Clinton
Atmospheric Abstraction
Cheryl Clinton’s paintings translate the experience of landscape into luminous, abstract compositions that explore light, memory, and the unseen forces shaping perception. Working intuitively, she creates visual environments that feel both expansive and intimate—spaces where atmosphere, color, and gesture converge.
Rooted in a dialogue between material and idea, her work unfolds through a call-and-response process, allowing each painting to evolve organically as a site of discovery and transformation.
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Selected Works
Each work is a one-of-a-kind acrylic painting on canvas or paper. Click individual works for details or purchase.
Available works typically range from $1,000–$3,000.
About the Work
Clinton works primarily in acrylic, building surfaces through layers of translucent glaze that create depth, movement, and a sense of atmosphere. Her paintings often reference sky, water, and horizon lines—not as literal depictions, but as experiential fields of color and light.
Her process is intuitive and iterative, guided by a dynamic interplay between concept and material. Each composition emerges through accumulation and response, resulting in paintings that feel both meditative and expansive.
Rather than depicting specific places, her work evokes the emotional and sensory qualities of landscape—suggesting interior states as much as external environments.
Biography
Cheryl Clinton (b. 1971) is an American contemporary painter based in Massachusetts. She holds a BFA in Painting from the Massachusetts College of Art and has studied at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New York University and institutions in Greece and Italy. Her work has been exhibited at institutions including the Danforth Museum in Framingham and the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum in Boston, and is held in corporate and private collections in the United States and internationally.
A founding member of Fountain Street Gallery, Clinton’s practice reflects a sustained engagement with painting as both a material and perceptual exploration of light, space, and experience.
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