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''' | '''CHERYL BRAGANZA was born in Bombay, India, studied in Pakistan, Italy, and the UK before immigrating to Canada in 1966. She began to paint in 1964 through the influence of FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA, the Goan artist from the Progressive Group of Painters, whom she met in London, while she attended Trinity College of Music for classical piano studies. It was there that she also started writing poetry. With no formal training in art, she continued to paint regularly, taking occasional courses at the Ecole de Beaux Arts in Montreal, Concordia University Fine Arts and the National Portrait Gallery in London. She has also worked with textile artists and silk painters and specialized, in her early years, with batik on silk and cotton. Through the 70's and 80's, she worked in oils. She now works solely in acrylic and mixed media. | ||
To quote from a 2010 ELAN RAEV publication: " CHERYL BRAGANZA brings a global experience to the message of optimism that shines through her art work. | |||
'''A mainly self-taught and prolific artist, BRAGANZA uses brilliant color and texture to characterize emotion and movement in her naïve and richly intuitive paintings, which often reflect her day-to-day life in Montreal and elsewhere. ''' | '''A mainly self-taught and prolific artist, BRAGANZA uses brilliant color and texture to characterize emotion and movement in her naïve and richly intuitive paintings, which often reflect her day-to-day life in Montreal and elsewhere. ''' | ||