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is the business name of Idaho artist Cheryl D. Halverson. “Mountain Place” refers to the land she
and her husband Al are developing as a retirement home.
Cheryl is that rare thing—a native Idahoan who has lived in both ends of the state. Born in Boise
but growing up in Coeur d’Alene, she went south again, graduating with a BS in Zoology and English
Literature from the College of Idaho in Caldwell (now Albertson College). As an adult she left the
state long enough to start a family: a son and daughter born in Washington state. A registered
medical technologist she recently retired from Benewah Community Hospital after twenty-three
years and now divides her time between her art and her six year old printing and computer services
business.
She has taken workshops from area artists as well as from nationally known artists Linda Doll,
Marilyn Hughey Phillis, Jim Kosvanec and Christopher Shink. She also participated in Linda Doll’s
professional critique series for two years.
Cheryl was a board member, publicity chair, and twice past president of the St. Maries Council for
the Arts. She has chaired their annual s.m.ART by the River Festival of the Arts, an outdoor, two-
day event featuring arts and crafts, children’s art experience, and performances. She now works
with the Council to coordinate hanging the work of local artists in the Benewah Community
Hospital and at the Bank of Latah.
She is the past statewide membership chairman of the Idaho Watercolor Society and has participated
in their open regional shows the last eight years. As a member of the Palouse Watercolor Socius she
was part of an inaugural exhibit in the Moscow City Hall’s new Third Street Gallery and shows with
the Socius at various venues in Moscow.
She received a Certificate of Merit (1988) and placed 3rd (1989) in the St. Maries Council’s “evening
of arts” juried show and auction. As a member of the Council she has participated in a group show
at the Wallace Art Center, been included in the local group show “The Tube Squeezers” (1994), and
has had several solo shows in The A.R.T. Gallery, St. Maries. She has also been a frequent
exhibitor at their outdoor s.m.ART Festival.
Cheryl’s watercolor “Wood’s Edge / Summer’s End” won
Best of Show at the 1997 s.m.ART Festival adjudicated by
Ken Spiering and was accepted into the Spokane Watercolor
Society’s juried show at the Douglas Gallery the following
October.
Her“Nightflowers” was accepted into the SWS juried
show in 1999 and “Here Be Dragon” in 2001. A recent
watercolor “Sunflower Baroque” was accepted
into the Idaho Watercolor Society’s juried show.
Summer of 2002 she participated in the invitational exhibit “Memories of the Palouse & Prairie” at
the Lewis-Clark Center for Arts and History in Lewiston. Her watercolor “Out to Pasture” was
chosen from the show for inclusion in a calendar published by the Center. Her watercolor "Secret
Garden" was selected for the juried show at Art on the Green, Coeur d'Alene, in 2005.
Cheryl is also a creative basketmaker who blends conventional commercial reed with handgathered
materials. Her baskets have been shown in The Old Hotel Gallery, Othello, Washington; at Silver
Mountain in Kellogg and at the Arts Council Gallery in Wallace as well as in St. Maries where she
organized and participated in the exhibition “Basket Traditions: Three Interpretations”.
and her husband Al are developing as a retirement home.
Cheryl is that rare thing—a native Idahoan who has lived in both ends of the state. Born in Boise
but growing up in Coeur d’Alene, she went south again, graduating with a BS in Zoology and English
Literature from the College of Idaho in Caldwell (now Albertson College). As an adult she left the
state long enough to start a family: a son and daughter born in Washington state. A registered
medical technologist she recently retired from Benewah Community Hospital after twenty-three
years and now divides her time between her art and her six year old printing and computer services
business.
She has taken workshops from area artists as well as from nationally known artists Linda Doll,
Marilyn Hughey Phillis, Jim Kosvanec and Christopher Shink. She also participated in Linda Doll’s
professional critique series for two years.
Cheryl was a board member, publicity chair, and twice past president of the St. Maries Council for
the Arts. She has chaired their annual s.m.ART by the River Festival of the Arts, an outdoor, two-
day event featuring arts and crafts, children’s art experience, and performances. She now works
with the Council to coordinate hanging the work of local artists in the Benewah Community
Hospital and at the Bank of Latah.
She is the past statewide membership chairman of the Idaho Watercolor Society and has participated
in their open regional shows the last eight years. As a member of the Palouse Watercolor Socius she
was part of an inaugural exhibit in the Moscow City Hall’s new Third Street Gallery and shows with
the Socius at various venues in Moscow.
She received a Certificate of Merit (1988) and placed 3rd (1989) in the St. Maries Council’s “evening
of arts” juried show and auction. As a member of the Council she has participated in a group show
at the Wallace Art Center, been included in the local group show “The Tube Squeezers” (1994), and
has had several solo shows in The A.R.T. Gallery, St. Maries. She has also been a frequent
exhibitor at their outdoor s.m.ART Festival.
Cheryl’s watercolor “Wood’s Edge / Summer’s End” won
Best of Show at the 1997 s.m.ART Festival adjudicated by
Ken Spiering and was accepted into the Spokane Watercolor
Society’s juried show at the Douglas Gallery the following
October.
Her“Nightflowers” was accepted into the SWS juried
show in 1999 and “Here Be Dragon” in 2001. A recent
watercolor “Sunflower Baroque” was accepted
into the Idaho Watercolor Society’s juried show.
Summer of 2002 she participated in the invitational exhibit “Memories of the Palouse & Prairie” at
the Lewis-Clark Center for Arts and History in Lewiston. Her watercolor “Out to Pasture” was
chosen from the show for inclusion in a calendar published by the Center. Her watercolor "Secret
Garden" was selected for the juried show at Art on the Green, Coeur d'Alene, in 2005.
Cheryl is also a creative basketmaker who blends conventional commercial reed with handgathered
materials. Her baskets have been shown in The Old Hotel Gallery, Othello, Washington; at Silver
Mountain in Kellogg and at the Arts Council Gallery in Wallace as well as in St. Maries where she
organized and participated in the exhibition “Basket Traditions: Three Interpretations”.
