About Cherie Wilson
Hello, I am Cherie Wilson. I imagine myself an excavator of sorts and I have been an expressive abstract artist for the past 8 years with paintings in homes across the United States and Spain. I’m a self published children’s book author and illustrator currently working on a novel while living life in the beautiful rolling hills of Southern Indiana.
As far back as I can remember, I have wanted to be an artist. I began a degree in fine arts at Indiana University but didn’t finish and it wasn’t until loosing a beloved friend that i realized painting was a powerful way to process life. Then in 2020, after walking my daughter through oral cancer and loosing her, I am once again reminded of the informative and healing quality of creativity, and how I can express my voice and story in my work.
My painting process starts with exploration of line, color, value and form. Each new mark is simply a response to the one that preceded it. My writing practice is much the same.
The act of both painting and writing often reveal just the slightest image or thought below the surface of my mind. There a brushstroke or a written word inspires the next action. Layer by layer of building up and deconstructing, art and story are created.
Writing and painting for me, together and sometimes separately unearth my deeper interior self.
This is where I can enjoy deep engagement with my work and express myself authentically and fully.
My greatest creative calling is to lean into articulating myself in my work, and to share this mysterious and rich language through my abstract paintings and written projects with the world.
Childrens Book
In December 2020, Cherie self published a children’s book titled, Moth Under Moon dedicated to her daughter Carly that she lost in July of 2020 to Oral Cancer.
Selected Art Exhibitions
98th annual Hoosier Salon 2022 juried exhibition at the Indiana State Museum.
95th Hoosier Salon 2019 juried exhibition at the Indiana State Museum. Awarded 2nd place in Abstract for “Boulder”.
John Waldron Art Gallery, Ivy Tech juried solo show. 2019.
SALI Juried National Abstract Art Exhibition XV. Merit award was given to “Deeply” 2019
Brown County art Guild Annual Patron Show 2019. Awarded 3rd place for abstract piece, “Florence”.
Prairie Arts Council 2018 Juried Show selection for State of the Art: Art of the State. “Little Koi Fish”
Southern Appalachian Arts Guild 2018 National Juried Exhibit selection. Awarded 2nd place in 2-D for abstract piece, “Laurel”
Current public works include:
“Carly’s Rose” A commissioned acrylic on canvas and permanent installation at the new IU Health Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington, Indiana. 2021
Indiana University Hospice House of Bloomington. 4 ft X 4 ft Blue Waterfall, textured acrylic on Canvas. Donated in 2016.
Teaching Art Previously
Brick and mortar teaching studio for beginners in abstract and misc. from 2014-2016 in Bloomington, Indiana.
Assistant to artist, Audrey Phillips at her workshop at Atlantic Center for the Arts in April of 2018 and 2019.
Instructor in 2 online abstract courses with Jeanne Oliver’s creative network in 2018. Instructor for a live class at Jeanne’s studio in July of 2019.