Images of Eyes Gallery I
Watercolor Paintings by Cherry Hood
(Winner of the 2002 Archibald Prize)
Australia

Cherry Hood is the 200th artist whose
works are exhibited in the Images of Eyes Gallery

Cherry Hood was a finalist in the 2001 Archibald Prize with her watercolor of art lecturer Matthys Gerber.  By unanimous vote of the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, she won the 2002 Archibald Prize for her huge contemporary watercolor portrait of acclaimed young Australian pianist Simon Tedeschi.  (We are unable to include Hood's  prize-winning portrait in this exhibit.)

Our exhibit of Cherry Hood's works consists of four watercolor portraits included in the short story "Harold's End" by J. T. Leroy; four watercolors from Hood's "Ayesha's Child" exhibit in Melbourne in October 2004; and the portrait of "Friends & Lovers."

Watercolor Illustrations in "Harold's End" by J. T. Leroy

"Harold's End" is a short story by J. T. Leroy.  The story was described in Vanity Fair (Dec. 2004, p. 152) as "Blessed with haunting watercolour portraits by Cherry Wood...[the story] slices deep into a world of unbearable sadness and beauty."

"Oliver" by Cherry Hood
Image Copyright © by Cherry Hood
Watercolor on paper
1500 x 1020 mm
An illustration in "Harold's End"

"Crayon & Mildred" by Cherry Hood
Image Copyright © by Cherry Hood
Watercolor on paper
1500 x 1020 mm
An illustration in "Harold's End"

"Gotti" by Cherry Hood
Image Copyright © by Cherry Hood
Watercolor on paper
1500 x 1020 mm
An illustration in "Harold's End"

"Serenity" by Cherry Hood
Image Copyright © by Cherry Hood
Watercolor on paper
1500 x 1020 mm
An illustration in "Harold's End"

Watercolor Portraits in Melbourne Gallery Exhibit

The four watercolors below are from the "Ayesha's Child" exhibit of Cherry Hood's paintings at Arc One Gallery in Melbourne in October 2004.  

"Beji, 2004" by Cherry Hood
Image Copyright © by Cherry Hood
Watercolor and absolute matte on canvas 
with damar varnish, 1800 x 1800 mm
From "Ayesha's Child" exhibit

"Bashir, 2004" by Cherry Hood
Image Copyright © by Cherry Hood
Watercolor and absolute matte on canvas
with damar varnish, 1800 x 1800 mm
From "Ayesha's Child" exhibit

"Farid, 2004" by Cherry Hood
Image Copyright © by Cherry Hood
Watercolor and absolute matte on canvas 
with damar varnish, 1800 x 1800 mm
From "Ayesha's Child" exhibit

"Iqbal, 2004" by Cherry Hood
Image Copyright © by Cherry Hood
Watercolor and absolute matte on canvas 
with damar varnish, 1800 x 1800 mm
From "Ayesha's Child" exhibit

Hood's Diptych of "Friends & Lovers"

"Friends & Lovers" by Cherry Hood
Diptych Image Copyright © by Cherry Hood
Watercolor on canvas with acrylic medium and varnish
Each canvas is 1800mm wide by 2300 high

Cherry Hood's website is http://www.cherryhood.com
Email is boyhood2468@hotmail.com  

Further reading about Cherry Hood:

   -- The press release of "Harold's End" by J. T. Leroy  
   -- A review of Hood's works by Robert Nelson, from Australia's "The Age."

Read our illustrated article about the Archibald Prize

Originally published May 17, 2005
Exhibit republished Apr 7, 2007, with minor edits
Page updated Apr 7, 2008

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