Cherry Wood

In the 20th century there were many artists that used the bull in their paintings. Such as Elaine de Koning, Francis Bacon, Eerstwhile Gorky, Damien Hirst’s elaborate cock and bull and of course Picasso who more than anyone loved the bull as his virile subject matter.The bull have become symbols of power, beauty, and bravery and can be seen in all aspects of advertising and art.

Cherry studied flamenco guitar while living in Spain where she met many aficionados of the corrida and learned to appreciate their cultural appreciation and love for los toros, se llama los toros! Her approach begins with the flourish of the lines created as she imagines the bull moving through the countryside. She draws her inspiration from her experiences instead of a photo which allows for more spontaneity in the line work and helps to create the movement of the bull. Color comes as she begins the painting, sometimes she has an idea of a pallet and other time she wonders through time remembering colors and things that left a memory on her mind. Often times she uses the colors of the bullring, the sand color and the reds of the barrera. There is often a sense of antiquity that arise from the pallet remembering the hues of the ancient caves. She was clas...

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1.Santa Monica College-Typography, Advanced Illustrator II,
Beginning Graphic Design-2007 to present
2. Cal State University Sonoma - Marker Illustration
3. Santa Rosa City Collage - Marker Illustration/Storyboard Seminars
4. Chaffey College-Branding & Typography

EDUCATION
1. Santa Monica College - Flash, Adobe After Effects
2. Los Angeles School of Figurative Art - Portraiture
3. Fullerton Jr. College - Photoshop & Director
4. California State University LA - Computer Illustration
5.School of Visual Arts - NY - Computer Illustration
Professor - Marty Levin-Cartoonist for The NY Magazine
5. Otis Parsons - Marker Illustration - Studied with Woody Woodcock
6. Art Center School of Design - Figure Drawing, Graphic Design & Marker Illustration, Web Design & Dreamweaver
7. California State University Long Beach - B.F.A. - Graphic Design

July 2024
Covet Gallery
Toros #2- Oil

April 5th 2018
Angel’s Gate Cultural Center Gallery-San Pedro California
“Life with the Port”
Curator-Tim Maxiener
Photo-Propeller and Video-Tugboat Dance 180

Dec 3-27 2017
Las Laguna Gallery-Contemporary and Fine Art Gallery
“Small Works- BIG TALENT
Painting-Palimpsest #2

Jan 2018
*Museum of Latino Art- Mask
*Neutra Gallery-Women-Green Goddess
Dulce-Curator
Painting-”Mourn to Love”

November 2016
“The Loft” Gallery-San Pedro
“San Pedro on the Edge” - Goup Show

May 2015
“Klaus Center for the Arts”-San Pedro
Curator-Peggy Zask-SBC

2007
LACDA-International Juried Show
LA Center for Digital Art
Digital Piece

1991-2005
Curated and helped to run the “Factory Place Art Gallery”
in Art’s District of Los Angeles

1998
“Rose Cafe”-Venice
Computer Art

1996
“Cabrillo Arts Center”-Santa Barbara
Flamenco Art

1995
“Merganthaller Museum” Auction
Portrait Painting Water Color

1995
Cafe Roma-Santa Barbara
Mixed Media

1994
DADA-Downtown Los Angeles
Mixed Media-Goup Show

1994
Sacred Grounds-San Pedro
Curated Show for Flamenco Art

1993
“Troy Cafe”- Downtown Los Angeles
Flamenco Art

Alas Bates Advertising Agency Spain
A Subsidiary of SAATCHI-SAATCHI International, Sevilla,Spain
Developed Annual...