The new Pantone Color of the Year is Viva Magenta, which I am delighted about! I've been painting with this influence for years because of it's vibrancy and warmth. Pantone says the color is "expressive of a new signal of strength" and that they drew "inspiration from nature and what is real" to [Read More]
Cherie's Art
Flashback Friday Sketches
#FF Sketches from when I was a kid. Subject matter was still girls and birds. š Back then I begged for the big box of crayons (64, with the sharpener on the back!) and would rejoice anytime I could get my hands on watercolors. I worked a lot with pencil on paper, because it's all I [Read More]
Art Show International Finalist
I'm excited to announce that my painting "Bohemian Girl" has received a finalist award in the Art Show International Gallery's most recent art competition "4th COLOR." The theme of this international juried art competition is COLOR. As humans, we see the narrowest range of wavelengths of the vast [Read More]
Sign Up for My Mailing List
Thanks to everyone who signed up for my newsletter list this past weekend at the craft show I was at. Many of you sign up that way, and some of you do it through social media, and some of you might be right here wondering what I'm talking about! If that's you, you can sign up right here! [Read More]
Journeying Toward Hope
New pillow in my shop: "This Way to Hope." I created this pillow from my painting of the same name. The painting for me represents journey, of constantly moving forward, even though the road may be dark and uncertain, to know that there is a place where there is only goodness and hope. This [Read More]