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Sheila Golden grew up in New York, attending the School of Visual Arts and the New School of Social Research in New York City, then worked in graphic design and illustration. After a move to California, she studied film animation, lithography and ceramics, and received her bachelor's degree in fine art. While living in California, Sheila became an important member of Artrails Open Studios and a guest artist in various schools, teaching classes on watercolor collage. In 1996, Sheila was chosen as an artist-in-residence at the well-regarded Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma.Sheila Golden has combined her multiple skills and talents to translate her love of nature into painting and collage. Her artwork is strongly influenced by the masters: Matisse, Chagall and Kandinsky, along with the great Abstract Expressionists. Sheila's commercial resume includes background art for Sesame Street, KQED Television, Hallmark, American Greetings and Sunrise Cards, among others, and is available in children's books, posters, prints, greeting cards and gift products. Her original watercolors and watercolor collages are exhibited in numerous juried art shows around the country and her work is represented in private as well as corporate collections in major cities like New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Hong Kong, Italy and Germany.Gallery wrap is a method of stretching an artist's canvas so thatthecanvas wraps around the sides and is secured to the back of thewoodenframe. This method of stretching and preparing a canvas allowsfor aframeless presentation of the finished painting.