Sally Caldwell Fisher
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Sally Caldwell Fisher is an American
painter
.
. She was given watercolors at an early age by her mother, also an artist, and provided with good materials to create her art.
Caldwell Fisher graduated from the University of Michigan
in 1972 with a degree in English, after that she started selling paintings and waiting tables to earn a living.
; the life here became her favorite painting
subjects.
The art of Caldwell Fisher has been shown on two Yankee
Magazine covers and she has been a featured artist in U.S. Art, American Artist, Romantic Homes, Art/Trends and Traditional Home magazines. Caldwell Fisher designed the events posters for the America's Cup Newport in 1983, America's Cup San Diego in 1992 and the Tall Ships, Quebec, 1984. Her art is included in the permanent collections of the White House
, Smithsonian Institution
, the Bruce Museum, MBNA
, Exxon
of Japan, Panasonic
of Japan and the Mitsui Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo
.
Caldwell Fisher's painting rainbow cats was chosen to be on the cover of the Decor magazine. Her painting "Maine Regatta" has been chosen to be the poster for 2007 Wooden Boat Show in Mystic
, Connecticut
.
Caldwell Fisher was also commissioned to do an original painting for the 2008 Wooden Boat Show in Mysitic, Connecticut. She collects old photographs of coastal life and buildings as she said she took much inspiration from them.
United States
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painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
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Early life
Sally Caldwell Fisher was born and raised with several siblings in MichiganMichigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. She was given watercolors at an early age by her mother, also an artist, and provided with good materials to create her art.
Caldwell Fisher graduated from the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
in 1972 with a degree in English, after that she started selling paintings and waiting tables to earn a living.
Career as well-known painter
In the early seventies, Caldwell Fisher moved to New EnglandNew England
New England is a region in the northeastern corner of the United States consisting of the six states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut...
; the life here became her favorite painting
subjects.
The art of Caldwell Fisher has been shown on two Yankee
Yankee
The term Yankee has several interrelated and often pejorative meanings, usually referring to people originating in the northeastern United States, or still more narrowly New England, where application of the term is largely restricted to descendants of the English settlers of the region.The...
Magazine covers and she has been a featured artist in U.S. Art, American Artist, Romantic Homes, Art/Trends and Traditional Home magazines. Caldwell Fisher designed the events posters for the America's Cup Newport in 1983, America's Cup San Diego in 1992 and the Tall Ships, Quebec, 1984. Her art is included in the permanent collections of the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
, Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its retail operations, concessions, licensing activities, and magazines...
, the Bruce Museum, MBNA
MBNA
MBNA Corporation was a bank holding company and parent company of wholly owned subsidiary MBNA America Bank, N.A., headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, prior to being acquired by Bank of America in 2006...
, Exxon
Exxon
Exxon is a chain of gas stations as well as a brand of motor fuel and related products by ExxonMobil. From 1972 to 1999, Exxon was the corporate name of the company previously known as Standard Oil Company of New Jersey or Jersey Standard....
of Japan, Panasonic
Panasonic
Panasonic is an international brand name for Japanese electric products manufacturer Panasonic Corporation, which was formerly known as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd...
of Japan and the Mitsui Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
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Caldwell Fisher's painting rainbow cats was chosen to be on the cover of the Decor magazine. Her painting "Maine Regatta" has been chosen to be the poster for 2007 Wooden Boat Show in Mystic
Mystic, Connecticut
Mystic is a village and census-designated place in New London County, Connecticut, in the United States. The population was 4,001 at the 2000 census. A historic locality, Mystic has no independent government because it is not a legally recognized municipality in the state of Connecticut...
, Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
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Caldwell Fisher was also commissioned to do an original painting for the 2008 Wooden Boat Show in Mysitic, Connecticut. She collects old photographs of coastal life and buildings as she said she took much inspiration from them.