Roberta Scherrer

When I paint, I am mainly interested in form and color. My design ideas come from my imagination (subconscious), although everything in my past and what is happening now influences them. There are elements of abstraction, surrealism, modernism, fantasy and humor in my work. Painting has become my personal area of pure imaginative expression which allows me the most freedom of thought. My work has been called biomorphic, which describes forms that resemble natural or living things. I prefer not to explain what my painting is about and let the viewer see their own meaning in it. Often the title, however, suggests what I see in it.
I have been painting in this intriguing manner for about forty years exhibiting throughout Wisconsin and other states. Usually my stage is a gallery, museum or a campus. Creating art is something I always engaged in as a child in Milwaukee and has continued throughout my adult life in Green Bay. I was strongly influenced by parents who encouraged art and music in their children. I have a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from UW-M and later spent six years studying art as a post-graduate student at UW-GB. I also have a master’s degree in the creative arts from Lesley University. I am now retired from teaching with the Green Bay Area Public Schools and enjoy traveling the world!