Make the Uglies Go Away and Bring in the Pretty

By Sheila Wolk

The girl who became a ground-breaking woman in the sport art world.
Wolk was the first woman to be commissioned by Major League Baseball
to do the cover for the Official World Series program.
She had an exhibition in Cooperstown, NY, home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame,
along with 25 years of commissions and shows and guest appearances .

Wolk's transition into fantasy art seems like a natural step in that
it goes beyond what photographs can do.
It's a step beyond real in more ways than an exaggeration of real.
There is a connection that, at their very core, these paintings,
like her sport art, reverts to some basic human concept or experience.
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Sheila Wolk created a mystical realm where logic, dreams and art meet
and mix to create a dreamscape of enchanting beauty and fabled majesty.
Fusing traditional and non-conventional means to convey the visions, dreams and realities of a world wish they could see outside of her paintings.
Depicting human form, the mermaids, fairies, angels and fantasy creatures
seem to be of flesh and blood, yet with a pre-Raphaelite otherworldliness.
At the center of many pieces is a pensiveness that draws one deep into the psyche
of a being that has seen the world as it really is and yearns for sanctuary.

In these works of surface whimsicality, a sense of profound reclusion and peace pervade yet the mystery of who she really was in personal life remained a secret, until now.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1733819002
• ISBN13: 9781733819008
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Bookbaby
• Length: 180 Pages