Photography by Charles Gupton
Cheryl Burkam Hight is a native of Tampa, Florida. Cheryl and her husband Sam, reside in rural Louisburg, N.C. just 35 miles Northeast of Raleigh. They have a daughter Stephanie who resides in Raleigh.
Cheryl began her career as a photographic artist with Barringer Studio in Rocky Mount, N.C. her senior year in high school, under the tutelage of Rusty Spears.
In 1975 she married Sam and moved to Virginia. Her occupations included working for The Virginia Department of Health and also freelanced with area photographers.
A friend and teacher, Jean Malish, introduced Cheryl to the art of painting on porcelain in 1981. And it wasn't long before she found herself moving from florals into portraiture on porcelain.
In 1987 the family moved to Sam's"old family home place," and within a year Cheryl began working in Raleigh for the Department of Corrections with the Parole Commission for 10 years. Feeling the need to build her photographic art career, she left and started working part time for a private business and then in 2002 she made the transition as a full time artist.
While Cheryl has had no formal training she has developed her ability through classes and workshops and she enjoys teaching and sharing her knowledge with others.
When she is not painting, Cheryl and her husband, Sam, are involved in breeding and raising Welsh Pony hunter prospects, with their 2003 imported Welsh stallion, Pajon's Buccaneer. They enjoy spending time with their daughter, Stephanie, who works for Cisco Systems, and their “extended children”, Shane, and his wife Caroline, and 3 year old “granddaughter”, Lexy…. who is looking to be a chip off her Mimi's block with the art and the horses !
Cheryl and Pajon's Buccaneer
Photography by Charles Gupton www.charlesguptonphoto.com
Cheryl Hight
301 Perdues Road; Louisburg, NC 27549
PH: 919.496.5832;
Painter by Cheryl Hight; Photography by Catharine Carter
AFFILIATIONS
Member of Carolina Artisan's
Guild (CAG)
Member of Professional Photographers of North Carolina (PPNC)
Member with the International Porcelain Artists and Teachers, Inc. (IPAT)
President of IPAT 2000-2002
Member of Piedmont Porcelain Artist's Guild
Member Watercolor Society of N.C. (W.S.N.C.)
Member Southern Watercolor Society
Franklin County Arts Council
AWARDS
2009 - The Pony Judge juried in to WSNC 64th Exhibition
2008 - The Pony Judge (watercolor) First Place; Faces of N.C. at the N.C. State Fair
2008 - The Serb Juried in to Watercolor USA & W.S.N.C. 63 rd Annual Exhibition
2007 - The Serb (watercolor) Best of Show Kerr Lake Art Society
PPNC 2004 & 2006- Artist of the Year;
2006 & 2004 Artist of the Year by the Professional Photographers of NC
2005 Artist of the Year by Franklin County Arts Council
SEPPA 2003 - First Place for "Lorene" score of 83 and Distinguished Award for "Room to Grow" score of 82.
PPNC 2003 - Honorable Mention for "Room to Grow" score of 85.
IPAT 2000 & 2002 Biennial Convention, won Bronze ribbons in competition held in Louisville, KY and Los Angeles, CA.
PPNC State Convention, March 1999, received First Place with a score of 90 in Portrait Oils of "Olivia". Also placed in Court of Honor with a score of 80 in Portrait Oils of "Carrie."
July 1998 won a Silver ribbon in competition at the IPAT Biennial Convention held in Richmond, Virginia.
October 1997 North Carolina State Fair received Honorable Mention with freehand oil portrait.
July 1996 won a Silver ribbon in competition at the IPAT Biennial Convention held in Grapevine, Texas.
Artist in the Round at the PPNC 1999 and 2000 convention demonstrating heavy oils.