About Cheryl
Hi!
I’m Cheryl Lawson. I also go by my married name, Bezuidenhout, and by another writer pen name, Cheryl Southwood. I am an artist and writer living in Nova Scotia, Canada.
I have made art in various mediums, and across multiple themes and industries my whole life. Creative variety is a life-long passion and interest, and I’m always looking for new ways to express myself creatively.
In recent years, I’ve discovered a passion in writing. I write regularly and have independently published several books in various genres since 2014.
I love science fiction and sci-fi fantasy, and have been a life-long fan of franchises such as Star Trek and Stargate, Marvel comics, etc. My more recent art includes many pieces of fan art which I love doing because it taps into the fandoms I enjoy.
If you have any questions about my work as an artist or as a writer, please use the contact form to send me a message.
Thank you for visiting my art and writing website. Be sure to browse the galleries and stories I have loaded for your pleasure, and subscribe if you want to join in the next exciting phase of my journey.
Cheryl
Highlights
COMING UP in August 2024 is a brand new art prompt challenge I put together to get me in hte swing of things for Inktober (which always seems to catch me unawares as October rolls in). The idea is to flex the creative brain and casually (not too seriously!) do some sketches and drawings that correspond with each daily theme. The drawings will be posted to Threads social media, so follow along, participate and have some fun in August with some drawing creativity!
Welcome to digital drawing!
After creating with various media my whole life, I finally decided to take the plunge and try digital drawing. I use Adobe Fresco on my iPad, and an Apple Pencil to do the art. There’s a lot to learn, but as the program is very intuitive, and I am familiar with Adobe products from using them for over 30 years, I am comfortable and happy in this great, new drawing experiment. My very first successful artwork has already sold copies and I’m thrilled to be producing more pieces ongoing.
Hello Threads social media!
After leaving Twitter before it became X), I took a break from social media and moved across country from British Columbia to Nova Scotia. In September 2023, I created a new social media account on Meta’s Threads (an offshoot of Instagram).
The experience has been overwhelmingly positive so far (let’s hope it stays that way!) and I have great engagements with writing and art communities.
I’ve recently had the incredible opportunity to contribute art and photos to an awesome collection of accessories and merchandise at the Tanya Packer Store. It helped me explore the merchandising side of my art business.
An art exhibit with some of my watercolours is seen on the local news, 2019.
Some of the artworks I’ve made for other people in 2021.
That time I got a comment from Star Trek Official on a fan artwork!
Kamloops Society for the Written Arts 2020 virtual Write-A-Thon.
Thompson Nicola Regional Libraries hosted a virtual talk I gave on science fiction, 2020.
Booth at Kelowna Comic Con, 2018. As a side note, this is the year Denise Crosby from Star Trek TNG spoke to me at my booth.
Kelowna Comic Con, 2019, where I launched the paperback version of Storm At Dawn.
Literary Heist magazine requested to publish a drawing I did in 2019 called Birdbox in the Birches.
Local TV station interview to promote the launch of We Are Mars, 2018.
Surrey International Writer’s Conference book signing event
Book signing at Indigo, Southpoint (Surrey, BC) early 2019.
Book signing at the Barriere Festival, 2018.
National Geographic feature of my photo for the Photo of the Day in June 2014.
A canvas print of a photo I took of White Rock pier that was commissioned as a retirement gift in 2009.