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Sheila Billings

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Artist (Senior)
First Name
Sheila
Last name
Billings
 

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Fine arts, design, illustration, murals, logos
www.SheilaBillings.com
 

Artist Info

Medium / Media
  • Painting / Drawing
  • Mixed Media / Assemblage
Artist Bio or Résumé
Books & Publications:
COVID: Mi Libro/My Book, North Shore CDC + PUAM 2020
Cover Illus., Harbor Sweets Advent Calendar 2018
Poster Illus. Salem Holiday Mkt 2018
Illus., In the Middle, by Virginia Blake, 2017
3 Illus., The Artists' Palate, Mhd Arts Assoc, 2017
Cover Illus., Twin Cities Senior Housing Guide & Resources, 2016-17
Scarecrow Ed imprint, Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Grp., Lanham, MD 2004
Work-A-Day Week, w/ R H Farren,
Work-A-Day Week Activity Sheets, w/ R H Farren,
Salem: Which City? Activity Book, 2001 & Coloring Book 1988

Murals & Public Art
Muñeca Project, Palmer Cove Park, Salem 2024/25
North Shore Art Museum, Main St. Peabody: Outer Space 2023, Construction Corner 2022.
CuriousCity Pop-Up Children's Museum, Peabody designed 2 exhibits, painted 9 murals 2019
Salem Maritime Fest artisan demo 2018
Utility boxes: Salem 2022, Melrose 2020, Peabody 2018 & 2017, Salem 2014
Artists' Row Salem murals 2018 + 2017
Old Ironsides Celebration Charlestown Naval Shipyd artisan demo 2017
Punto Urban Art Museum Salem MA, 8'x8' murals 2017 & 2021
Lady of Salem, 5 Figurehead Paintings: 2018, 2016, 2013
Nat. Park Serv. Maritime Fest figurehead demos, 2016, 2017
Pop-Up Mural, Boys & Girls Club Salem 2015
Doors Danvers Art Assoc., Danvers 2014
Mural Salem State O'Keefe Center Golf practice room, 2006

Fine Arts
Best of Show, Salem Arts Written Word Exhibit 2024
Outstanding Work, International Exhibit, Marblehead Fest. of Arts 2024
Best of Show, Danvers Art Assoc, 2020
Peabody Inst. Lib. of Danvers acquired my "Old Williams School" 2017
1st place Crafts, Danvers Art Assoc, 2016
People's Choice Award, Plein Air, Mblhd. Fest. of Arts, 2014
Legendary Locals of Salem, Curley, Malcolm & Dionne. Arcadia Pub., Artist section, 2013
People's Choice Award, Mixed Media, Mhd Fest of Arts 2012
People's Choice Award, Paint the Town, Mhd Fest of Arts 2012
Semi-Finalist, Mhd Fest of Arts 2011, Logo
Best of Show, Mixed med, Mhd Fest of Arts 2010
1st Place Logo, Bev Farms/Prides Crossing July 4, 2010
1st & 2nd Place Logo Friends Swpsct Pub. Lib. 2010
1st Place Mixed media, Danvers Art Assoc 2006 Fall
1st Place Pastels, Danvers Art Assoc 2002 Spring
Arthur Smith Creativity Award 1990 Salem St. University
Grand Prize, Norman Rockwell judge, Malden All-America City Poster

Solo Shows / Featured Art, Etc.
House 7 Gables, Salem 2014-2019
Beebe Gall., Melrose MA, 2-artist show, June 2018
Boys' & Girls' Club of Gr. Salem MA, res. art. 2016-2018
Salem Access TV, Mar+Apr 2016, Mar+Apr 2012, July+Aug 2011
Cutter Gall., Arlington, MA, Nov 2015-Jan 2016
49 Yrs Winning Artists, Mhd Fest Arts, group, 2016
Marblehead Arts Assoc, Aug & Sept 2015
Artists' Row, Salem, Shop #5, June-Oct 2015
Illuminations at Mass Gen Hosp Oct 2014-Jan 2015
U U Church, Danvers, June + July 2014
Hamilton-Wenham Lib., Jan + Feb 2013
U U Church, Marblehead, Nov 2012
Peabody Inst. Lib., Danvers, Jan + Feb 2012
Artist Statement
I grew up in a family of artists. Works in progress in all the arts–visual, musical, written and performance–were strewn about my childhood home. This inspired me to develop my creativity and experiment with mediums and styles. When I received my first big 64-color box of Crayolas, I could sit for hours delighted to line up the crayons in endless color combinations. Now I work mostly in acrylic paints, watercolors, and pencil & ink; but the desire to combine beautiful, bright, saturated color is still a driving force in my art.

My work has appeared in many shows and galleries in the North Shore area, earning numerous awards and grants. My work is also part of the Art In Giving Gallery www.artingiving, a charitable foundation that has already raised more than $2.5 for pediatric brain cancer research. I am a published children’s book author/illustrator and a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

Another thing I love to do is design murals. I have done murals ranging from an enormous 360 degree mural for a golf practice room at Salem State to a single wall in a child’s bedroom, to a few simple motifs around a door. I’d love to help you customize your home! It is also a pleasure to work with you to design any piece of artwork that fits your taste, space and budget.

I have three grown children, five thriving grandchildren and live in a hilltop treehouse in Swampscott, MA with my sweet husband, Tom Billings, a professor emeritus at Salem State University.
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Additional information

Volunteer Interests
  • Exhibits
  • Workshops/Classes

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