After working for almost 20 years in the medical industry, Cheryl Cianci came to Central Connecticut State University to pursue her life-long dream to study art. What was meant to be a two-year jaunt turned into a six-year adventure. Although Cheryl's true love lies in the field of photography, she also enjoys computer graphics and illustration.

The Calligraphy of Branches exhibit is the culmination of an Independent Study Course taken under Ron Todd, Professor of Art at CCSU. What started out as an effort to combine the mediums of photography and watercolor painting evolved into the study of examining shapes and forms of branches in nature. Cheryl explored how these visual writings of Mother Nature resembled those found in the art of calligraphy. Her main focus was to bring attention to the smaller parts of the whole. What appear to be black & white images, upon close examination reveal hints of organic colors found in nature. Minimalistic Zen like photographic images might best describe Cheryl’s final artwork.
Note: No trees were harmed in the shooting of these branches.