In the abstract and figurative, the energy flows via paint and figures although disguised within another form. It is sometimes called "Action Painting" or "Abstract Expressionism."

Motivated by life experiences, imagery and dreams, I will find myself in an unconscious state while laying the carefully mixed tones on my canvas.

For the most part I'm striving to control your per-view through the use of color and form. Painting becomes an unconscious session where some of my work unplanned emerges to my amazement.

One can see the influence of Michelangelo, Picasso, Kandinsky, De Kooning, Beckman, Pop Music and Diagilev of The Ballets Russe..

Madeline Sherry was born in New York City.

As a young artist heading to a professional dance career until the age of 12 (seen as a primary force in the work), Madeline was recommended to the High School of Performing Arts in New York City for outstanding accomplishments in fine art.

Madeline began painting in oil in 1962 under Eugene Massin at the University of Miami. Massin was a known expressionist painter in Coral Gables. One can see the influence of Massin in the flow of paint and expressionist style in her work.

In 1980, Madeline studied with Francoise Gilot at USC's Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (ISOMATA) and under Kim Macconnel, Ernie Silva and Faith Ringgold. In 1994, she studied at Pratt Institute in New York.

Madeline Sherry now works downtown San Diego in the Gaslamp Quarters' Brokers' Building: a community of serious artists proving to be a vital working milieu.