Cherri Wood's watercolors

I bought this lovely painting by Cherri Wood as a holiday gift for my wife. It's titled "Not to Separate" (watercolor and ink collaged on rice paper). I learned about Wood through Thinkspace Gallery's exhibition in the Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair at Art Basel earlier this month in Miami, Florida. I like Wood's style a great deal and look forward to watching her develop. You can see her work on Flickr and at her LiveJournal.

[#1 posted by MomTheBlog , December 29, 2008 9:52 AM]

Very beautiful. i love how the water colors blend on the rice paper. this is also a painting i would purchase. lovely!

[#2 posted by UglyDeafMuslimPunkGurl , December 29, 2008 10:08 AM]

yeah, very beautiful. It's stunning

[#3 posted by Tom Hale , December 29, 2008 10:46 AM]

Very pretty - I wonder if the ink splotches were done on purpose? I'm guessing you got a good deal on the painting with the ink mishap.

Kidding - I don't understand art - why does the ink splotches make the painting better? - but I've accepted that Norman Rockwell isn't the only way paintings can be done.

Still, if the splotches were snowflakes or falling leaves... sigh

[#4 posted by Avram , December 29, 2008 11:48 AM]

Tom @3, those black marks lend visual interest to the white space surrounding the figure. I suspect that they also balance the composition, though I can't be certain since I can't see the edges of the piece.

[#5 posted by Anonymous , December 29, 2008 3:44 PM]

It's not her best work... check out her livejournal for more. She's young yet (I think about 20), so I'm really wondering where she'll take this.

[#6 posted by disclaimher , December 29, 2008 6:42 PM]

It's a lovely piece, but not enough to convince me to get over the aversion I feel towards the chosen name, "Cherri Wood."
Gag.