Duffy Sheridan Bio

Duffy Sheridan Bio

Duffy Sheridan has been painting since he was a child.  His father was an artist and encouraged him to learn to paint everything.. He has traveled the world and dedicated his artistic life to the discovery of beauty as he sees it.


Although he, along with his wife, Jeanne, spent many years in relative seclusion in the far corners of the world, Sheridan's work has attracted the attention of collectors on five continents, and is included in government, corporate, and private collections.  His paintings can be found in prestigious institutions from a Cathedral in the South Pacific to the U.S. Air Force Academy to corporate headquarters in Manhattan, as well as the private residences of kings, judges, bishops, doctors, and collectors all over the world.


For 50 years, the teachings of the Baha'i Faith have been a primary influence of Sheridan's life and work and have dominated his continual search for that balance of craftsmanship and artistic expression which will elevate, in some small way, the human condition.


Sheridan feels he has learned to appreciate the richness of humankind and has come to believe that the purpose of his work should be 'to magnify the dignity and nobility of the human spirit and the singular beauty of all things.  When people look at one of my paintings, I'd like them to see that humans, indeed, are noble beings."


"I see in elements of the human form all that is meaningful to me.  My years of practice and exploration have led me to realize that all I perceive to be wonderful about art, I find expressed in the human form.  Things that have now become important to me are imbued in the simplest of gestures where purity of color and form, or simple human gestures, can exemplify significant ideals, and I know my art searches for that."


Duffy was in the first group of artists designated by the Art Renewal Center as a Living Master TM.

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