Sherri Baldy
Updated July 2005
Sherri Forrester Baldy has been a creator of art from the time she was a little girl. Sherri sold her first works of art to her 5th grade teacher. Her mother gave her oil pastels and art pads, then her whole world changed. She was found practicing her art (her one true love) every moment she could slip away. Her mother was her biggest fan. Her mother would fall in love with every new piece of artwork, encouraging Sherri to keep developing her art and her dreams.In 1985 Sherri started designing a jewelry line, stores were soon calling and asking for her designs. Sherri developed the line into clothing that soon was being sold everywhere. The line "Passion Designs" was being worn at the Country Music Awards. Sherri has had such fun designing all sorts of things, from Designer Bandaids to elegant bath lines. But her love for fantasy and whim could not be kept silent.
She then started designing dolls again like she did as a little girl with her grandmother. She started with cloth dolls and then began sculpting in German clays, leading her deep into the fantasy world again. Her fairy and mermaid art was soon born and is now available in prints, greeting cards, original paintings and sculpted works of art. Her mother started promoting Sherri's art and within 72 hours, her original sculptures were being sold in stores like Ritz Carlton Hotel gift shops. Sherri was soon entering, and placing first in doll shows and competitions. She is proud to say her art is now being sold around the world.
Sherri's inspiration for these whimsical worlds comes from her lifelong love of fantasy. As a little girl she danced and played with imaginary fairies, and swam with invisible mermaids. She pushed her beloved frogs and toads in her baby buggy and collected snails from under the garden leaves. Her studio is now in her home town of San Clemente, California, and surrounded by the beach, which provides her with wonderful visions of mermaids, fairies, dragons, castles and more.
