Jamaican-born Brooklyn artist Cheery Stewart-Josephs has been a professional painter since 1983, when she exploded on the Jamaican and Caribbean art scene with her dramatic, unique style and her vibrant depiction of Jamaican life.

Born in the cool hills of Manchester, Jamaica, she developed a love and fascination for the lush Jamaican landscape; and from early as she can remember, was drawing and painting that landscape. This early love of art and innate talent was nurtured and cultivated during her high school years. After high school, she continued to hone her skills, with her love of the Jamaican countryside finding expression in landscape paintings.

With more than three decades of experience, the self-taught artist briefly attended Edna Manley School of Art and Visual School of Arts in New York City. She was one of the original Trafalgar artists - the group of practising artists who had a roadside gallery from early in the 1970s on Trafalgar Road in Kingston, Jamaica. There, she was guided and taken under the wings of art critic Ansel Walters, founder of the Trafalgar Artist Cooperative.

She credits her husband Hugh Josephs for inspiring and pushing her to remember that she did not "become" but was "born" an artist.

In 2021, she was selected to be part of Art in August, a special virtual exhibit organized by the Port Authority of NY and NJ.

Her work is displayed globally and has been collected by art enthusiasts, collectors and public officials.