Sheila Cotton

Sheila Cotton is a contemporary Realist, sometimes linked to the School of magic Realism for the subtle, evocative mystery imbued within her images. Critics praise her talent for “creating works imaginative in theme and execution,” and remark on her “sensual intellectualism.” All her paintings are oil on canvas.

She has an international career, with museum exhibitions and corporate collections throughout the United States, Canada and Bermuda. A native of Arkansas, she has spent much of her career living outside the South; in 2008 , she returned to Little Rock to live and paint full-time.

Cotton’s new work, stemming from her Arkansas focus, has swiftly attracted collectors and critical praise. Already in the first half of 2010, four national and regional museum exhibitions have featured her paintings of southern subjects.

"One of our state's best painters ...... particularly skillful in depicting the Southern landscape and cultural environment ..... almost surreal in intensity, infused with spirit."

Ellis Widner, ARTBEAT
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Nov. 2, 2010

Little Blue Herons, Oil on Canvas, 16"x40"