A: Is for the gift that keeps on giving

Art is great gift idea for many reasons. It never loses it's value, it gives joy everyday and it connects us to another's vision.

Gift #9: Is the art of Sherry Mills. Sherry is a renaissance artist. She began her foundation in drawing and oil painting. A year in Europe found her with a master marble sculptor in Pietrasanta, Italy, which she followed with a six-month apprenticeship with a renowned Venetian leather mask maker, who was one of the last true Commedia dell’Arte street performers. His unique trade became her daily life as she joined him in taking Carnivale by storm. Her work in clay sculpture together with leather originated a leather sculpture bag. Since moving to New York 1999, her studies have taken the form of improvisational theatre, Bel Canto voice, and a unique form of dance performed in the basement of St. John’s cathedral. It has been her passion for capturing “street paintings” with the camera that has dominated her focus. Now integrating this work with her poetry, she’s formulated a species of performance that brings the photography to life in time with an intensely visual sung dialogue. Performing in venues throughout the city this year, Sherry is someone to watch and watch closely. To see more of her art log onto www.sherrymills.com. All her photographs are unadulterated moments of the splatters and mishaps that breathe like paintings from the street. Our world is only as wondrous if we choose it to be and that is a wondrous F.A.C.T.