Artist's Statement

CHERIE'S PAINTINGS PRESENT BOTH POETIC AND CONVENTIONAL IMAGES OF

WESTERN AMERICAN ICONIC LANDSCAPES.  OFTEN, USING 19th  CENTURY

SUBJECTS OR PHOTOGRAPHS, SHE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF HISTORY TO IMBUE

HER WORK WITH A SWEET/SAD FEELING OF ROMANTIC NOSTALGIA.

HER CHEERFUL, WARMLY COLORED PAINTINGS ARE COMPOSED OF LOOSE

BRUSHWORK OR ABSTRACT SHAPES OF BRIGHT COLOR THAT, SEEN FROM A

DISTANCE, COMPOSE A CONVENTIONAL IMAGE THAT IS FILLED WITH ENERGY

AND LIGHT.

OF HER PAINTINGS, CHERIE SAYS:  "THEY ATTEMPT TO COMMUNICATE

THE EMOTIONAL QUALITIES OF COLOR AND TO PRESENT A VISION

BEYOND THE VISUAL".