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”.
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”.
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