Sometimes I see something and the compulsion to capture it on paper is overwhelming. I might relate the subject to a memory of when I was a child or where I grew up, to what I believe is real or more simply stated; to what is beautiful. It’s almost like beauty is painful and the only way to find resolve is to recreate it. I guess that way I can own it, experience it again on a deep emotional level and move on.
What is within a piece of art can be as important as the image as a whole. A single brush stroke can be spontaneous and bold or take the eye to depths beyond the surface of the painting. The most important element within a work of art is the piece of the artist which is given to the creation. That piece of the artist’s soul resides there and can never be repeated or taken back. To me, it’s an essential element because without it, it’s just an image. My mom has told me, “If it’s a little painful to part with a piece you’ve created, you know it’s a good piece of art.”
To create is a necessity of living. I choose to create on paper or board since I’ve connected most directly to what others have been able to convey in two-dimensions but that might change. My artist life is a journey full of changes.
Chessney Sevier
Bio
Chessney was raised in the Nebraska Sandhills even though she was born in Wyoming. Her mother, an artist, was raised in Wyoming and married a cowboy from Nebraska. Chessney spent her childhood swimming in the river, traveling the country in a Honda going to rodeos with her mom and dad and later on little brother, and loving her horses. She went to Casper College and Chadron State college on a rodeo scholarship and FINALLY got a Bachelor Degree in Fine Art (1997). After a brief stint in the corporate world (a few years at Cabela’s) she married a Nebraska cowboy and moved to Wyoming. Currently she and her husband are raising a baby girl. Chessney has been doing her art full time since 2001. She does copperplate etchings and paintings primarily.
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Galleries showing Chessney’s work:
- Big Horn Galleries in Cody, WY and Tubac, AZ
- Nathalie’s of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
- The Hitching Post, Buffalo, WY
- Autry Museum Shop, Los Angeles, CA
- Lovett’s, Tulsa, OK
