About the Show

 

Artist Cheri Guerrette’s Show “Double Trouble” ignites curiosity and raises questions about norms, stereotypes, or even when and how fashion may dictate or free up images of ourselves and others.

 

Guerrette dials the clock backward by enveloping her subjects in the styles of the '50s and '60s.  Her subjects reflect this era by ‘posing with magazine looks’ akin to the modern ‘selfie-pose’, while each figure is dressed in the appropriate styled attire, very much like a fashion statement.

Guerrette‘s fascination and ability to capture this part of the American culture speaks volumes - not about fashion, but about the women wearing it. 

 

Although Guerrette has explored this era before, mostly with one-woman portraits. This series, however, doubles the women - one & one makes two together. The strong bonds and support between women are evident, some are even bolder together, and most look ready to ‘take on the world’ their way.   

 

These images can also be seen as contemporary in ‘attitude’. Their eyes and expressions include everything from being direct and frank to confronting, or even a look of frustration or annoyance. 

 

In much of the body language of these women, there is also a resolve to keep moving forward. A hint of things to come.

 

Throughout this series, the pairs of women exude a strong sense of knowing the direction they want to go. Yet somehow, Guerrette leaves the scene mysteriously undefined and open to interpretation. Her layered mixed media, oil, and patterned textured scratches and marks add to the mystery. Her background and surroundings remain unknown and unidentifiable in place or time. All making for more curiosity.

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Artist Statement

 

Artist Cheri Guerrette talks about her show “Double Trouble” at the Nevada City Winery Gallery.

 

“Double Trouble” explores women together empowered to break free from what’s considered to be ‘the norm’.  For me, it’s about taking risks, trying something new, and experimenting with texture and patterns to embrace the unknown. Allowing the viewer to tell their own story relating to each individual piece. 

 

This current show is based on my love of the figurative image, developing an overall concept to tell a story relating to the American culture of the 1950s and 60’s. I am very drawn to the elegance, style, and simplicity of that era. 

 

The creative process is a continuous experience of thinking outside the box and allowing the magic to unfold.

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About the Artist

 

Cheri Guerrette’s personal journey as an artist began after reading Julia Cameron’s book “The Artist Way” back in 1999. Searching for more meaning in her life, she began experimenting with watercolor and fell in love with the medium. Cheri is a self-taught artist who simply painted as much as she could, often participating in workshops with many accomplished artists. She spent those early years painting Tahoe landscapes, inspired by the natural beauty that surrounded her. A decade later, Cheri began teaching watercolor classes at Asif Studios in Grass Valley, California, and is a resident artist there, which has become a very rewarding part of her life as an artist. 

 

Cheri’s work has since expanded greatly and expresses itself through a passion for unlimited possibilities, exploration, and experimentation with watercolor, acrylic, mixed media, collage, and oils. She has most recently been to Florence, Italy, to study oil painting with Michael Carson, a well-known, accomplished artist. “Double Trouble” is Cheri’s third Show at the Nevada City Winery Gallery.

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