Contact
Email: chey.m.woodward@gmail.com
Phone: (650) 704-8894
Instagram: cheyennewo.odward
Bio
I am an acrylic painter and a graduate student in the Animation Workshop at UCLA. I grew up in Palo Alto, California. The landscape of northern California has had a meaningful impact on my work, most of which centers around natural spaces and environments, and the natural cycles to which we are all bound.
My paintings are stylistically influenced by print-based media, sequential art, and other forms of graphic illustration. These influences are visible in the color and compositions of my paintings, many of which use framing and paneling to accentuate particular moments and to convey the passage of time. Thematically, I’m interested in the nature of memory and the fragments from our life that we collect over time that shape our understanding of the past. I am also drawn to cycles such as seasonal cycles, cycles of growth and decay, and of loss and healing.
Since receiving my BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2016, I’ve become increasingly focused on narrative and visual storytelling. This has ultimately pushed me towards animation as a more direct storytelling medium though I will always love the challenge of telling stories through painting.