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.
$975.00
Mixed media on wooden panel.
30x30"
The painting's name comes from the spring green colour palette combined with its complement - red. It is like looking through the trees in early spring.
$625.00
Mixed media on wooden panel.
24x24"
Mixed media piece with many layers and with a free flowing line of turquoise on top.
$1,375.00
Mixed media on wooden panel.
35.90x36"
Inspired by colours on a bright winter day, with a little artists’ licence.
$1,375.00
Mixed media on wooden panel.
36x36"
The piece is called air, because of its airy, open feel. It is like a long exhale, relaxing and comfortable.
$1,500.00
Mixed media on wooden panel.
60x30"
There are two pieces, each 30” x 30” on pine board. I’ve used acrylic paint and some oil pastel primarily. I spent more time at my cottage while we were in the pandemic, walking my dogs every day and enjoying the sights of nature. Nearby we have a marsh that I like to observe. Looking through tree branches in the fall at the morning light is what inspired this piece. Each piece could work independently, but I think they work best together as a diptych.
$675.00
Mixed media on wooden panel.
22x30"
Moody Blues has soft shades of green and blue, but also has some odd shapes, an off kilter composition and bits of yellow and orange poking through. The fun and quirky bits might have something to do with my rebellion against the grey days and dismal news that we hear daily. Making art brings me some happiness, and I hope you share my sense of humor when looking at this piece.
$1,100.00
Mixed media on wooden panel.
30x36"
Feels like a wall of graffiti art - with large sections of black and orange with white and turquoise highlights. Very modern and raw in feel.
$1,000.00
Mixed media on canvas.
48x18"
This is a wild and free painting of orange, pinks and turquoise. It has a horizontal presentation but is fairly narrow. It could hang over a bed or a high buffet or dresser.
$975.00
Mixed media on canvas.
30x30"
Red storm has drama plus. The strong red shape on top of a very subtle painted background of green and light yellow is very striking. It adds just that touch of red to pick up on any accents in a room
$1,500.00
Mixed media on wooden panel.
42x36"
Contrasting red and green marks flit across the wood panel with childlike freedom. Although the marks are energetic, the colors are, perhaps, more masculine and serious.
$1,375.00
Acrylic on wood panel.
36x36"
Blue Days was painted at my cottage during the summer. It is an abstract impression of the colors and feelings of being outdoors on sunny summer days by the lake, surrounded by trees and sky. Hope this painting makes you feel happy. It currently hangs in my art studio in Muskoka. It brings the outside to the inside.
$675.00
Mixed media on wooden panel.
22x30"
Busy and Boing are two pieces that work together. They have vibrant energy and contrasting darks and lights in blues and pinks.