Cherie Daly
Cherie had a career in public policy and raised her family. In her spare time she volunteered with environment and community groups. Art was a pastime throughout her life. In 2016, she enrolled at Central Tech’s Adult Art Program and began to develop her art practice with a concentration on non-objective abstract painting. She is an intuitive painter working mostly in acrylics and some mixed media. She works in studios in Toronto and Muskoka. She has shown her work at outdoor shows in Toronto, the Federation Gallery in Vancouver, at ADC Fine Art in Cincinnati and other juried shows.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
After a career where I had to be organized and plan ahead, my art practice has taken the opposite turn. I enjoy the spontaneity of painting without a plan in mind. Painting has been a way to escape difficult periods in life as once I am engaged in the work I have a singular focus that calms my mind. I paint intuitively. I am amazed at how thoughts and emotions can flow through your body onto the canvas. I try not to labour over a piece but to engage with it energetically, responding to the marks I’ve already made without judgement. So often in life we try to “manage” situations when we really don’t have full control. Through my art practice I’ve learned to trust my instincts, to let go of the outcome and to just manage the process. My work is bold, energetic and fun.
I like to produce a sense of immediacy and rawness, letting some of the original expressive marks show through the layers and to keep it simple by using a limited palette.
Cherie had a career in public policy and raised her family. In her spare time she volunteered with environment and community groups. Art was a pastime throughout her life. In 2016, she enrolled at Central Tech’s Adult Art Program and began to develop her art practice with a concentration on non-objective abstract painting. She is an intuitive painter working mostly in acrylics and some mixed media. She works in studios in Toronto and Muskoka. She has shown her work at outdoor shows in Toronto, the Federation Gallery in Vancouver, at ADC Fine Art in Cincinnati and other juried shows.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
After a career where I had to be organized and plan ahead, my art practice has taken the opposite turn. I enjoy the spontaneity of painting without a plan in mind. Painting has been a way to escape difficult periods in life as once I am engaged in the work I have a singular focus that calms my mind. I paint intuitively. I am amazed at how thoughts and emotions can flow through your body onto the canvas. I try not to labour over a piece but to engage with it energetically, responding to the marks I’ve already made without judgement. So often in life we try to “manage” situations when we really don’t have full control. Through my art practice I’ve learned to trust my instincts, to let go of the outcome and to just manage the process. My work is bold, energetic and fun.
I like to produce a sense of immediacy and rawness, letting some of the original expressive marks show through the layers and to keep it simple by using a limited palette.
$675.00
Mixed media on canvas.
24x30"
Grace has many layers underneath it, to provide more depth and discovery. The jagged line across the piece feels either like a sliver of light or a hand reaching out. I was going to call it the hand of God, but decided that Grace conveyed a more general feeling of peace and caring.
$625.00
Mixed media on wood panel.
24x24"
Hearts and flowers is a very wild painting. It is not for the faint of heart. What started out as a soft landscape painting was painted over with complementary colours of green and red, which really make each other pop. This is an exercise using mixed media, fluorescents and graffiti. It's very contemporary.
$475.00
Mixed media on paper (framed).
22x32"
A loose floral abstract, with oranges and greens.
$1,200.00
Mixed media on wood panel.
30x40"
Bright, fluorescent energetic painting.
$675.00
Acrylic on wood.
30x22"
I was enjoying how the bright green shone so much more out of a dark background. I have been trying to keep loose in my recent work, but I have also gravitated to square, oval and triangle shapes. This piece is not typical of my work, but I have enjoyed the outcome. This piece can also be hung vertically
$1,720.00
Mixed media on canvas.
48x36"
An airy loose abstract painting in yellow, pink and brown on a white background.
$1,600.00
Mixed media on raw canvas.
46x36"
This piece is about drama, simplicity and contrast. The green and blue tones are very soothing. There is lots of space allowing the shapes to breathe.
$975.00
Mixed media on wooden panel.
30x30"
This piece is left raw, showing the paint and pastels that created the energy of the wind and water. The complementary colors of orange and turquoise make this feel pulled together.
$1,600.00
Mixed media on canvas.
48x36"
Simple shapes and lines in grey and turquoise on a large white space. Sometimes I enjoy keeping it simple. I enjoy just the colors, the textures and some energetic lines.
It seems to represent two sides of life - the gloom and the flip side, where we find hope, in spite of the gloom.
$675.00
Mixed media on canvas.
24x30"
This piece can go along with Dichotomy or with Jumbled Up hung vertically.
$1,375.00
Mixed media on birch board.
36x36"
Abstract painting with a loose feel, but also with some specific shapes for interest. Colours pink, yellow and turquoise primarily.