Artist's Biography
Cheri Dyk is a contemporary oil painter with a love of captivating Montana culture. Her unique impressionistic style captures emotion, movement, and connection with the subject. Cheri was born and raised in the Bitterroot Valley in Corvallis, Montana and has lived in Bozeman for the last 10 years. She found her love for the arts growing up in all the nature and sounds of Montana. Her earthy palette is complemented with pops of color and accented with gold and silver leaf, creating pieces that are dynamic, soulful and bold. Cheri melds her vast experience of design with Montana’s rural lifestyle and gives you an imaginative visual experience.
Art has been a passion for Cheri her whole life. As a child and into her young adult years she took every opportunity to try as many techniques and mediums as possible with her father and three sisters. Early in her professional career, Cheri worked as a graphic designer for Nike Athletics and Jantzen Swimwear designing textiles. In 2020, during a long recovery from an injury, she began focusing most of her time on oil painting. Today she loves spending long hours in her art studio getting lost in her pieces.
When not painting, Cheri is a certified Barre and Pilates instructor, mother of two teenagers at Bozeman High, and enjoys cooking, hiking, trail running, snowshoeing, and other local activities. “I’m so blessed to continue to be living in Montana, for the many opportunities to spend time outside with friends and family.” It’s the animals and unique people that Cheri remembers most about any location. This is her inspiration. “Their unique characteristics can transform your image in a matter of seconds”. She tries to look past the obvious, finding close observation and engagement with each subject. Her work reflects the spirit and personality through the canvas, often leaving some realism while expressing strokes of abstract giving the piece movement.
