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 filled with energy and light.

Of her paintings, Cherie says: "They attempt to communicate the emotional qualities of color and present a vision beyond the visual."