Ariana Cherry is one of the new artists at the Tuscola Vault Art Gallery

Most recently, you might have seen some of Ariana’s works of art at two local art festivals – the First Annual Arthur-Area Spring Art Festival, the Mattoon Artworks Festival or even online via social media or eBay where she regularly sells many of her prints. At the beginning of May, her art began to appear

Art & Poetry: Nothing could tear away her dreams.

Not even death could tear her dreams apart…

Sharing some more artwork: Alcohol markers- “Moonscape”

I am still having a lot of fun with some alcohol markers. The more I use them, the more that I find how wonderful they are for making colors pop and blending. Everything just looks more vivid… I did another nighttime landscape with the moon and I feel like this one turned out much better

“Meet Me.” Original Poetry & Illustration

I’ve been doing some more drawing with alcohol markers to create illustrations to pair with my poetry. It definitely is a medium that I am beginning to enjoy and I’ve always wanted to add art to go with my poems. This project, “Meet Me,” – the artwork actually came first which inspired my short little

Tiny Poem & Night Landscape Art

This was the first landscape art that I created with alcohol markers. I was inspired by some pictures I saw on the internet, so I put this drawing together. It is not my best artwork, but it is the first landscape with alcohol markers. Of course, it wouldn’t be complete with a little poetic saying

Poetry & Artwork: Bidding Adieu at Sunset

I’ve been continuing to learn how to use alcohol markers and draw with them. I really love how bright and brilliant the colors are. For my next collection of poems, I plan on putting both artwork and poetry into it and I hope to have it published in color. I needed to get back to

Original Poetry & Artwork: Inner Beauty

Inner beauty – it should be what everyone sees.

Photography & painting: Entries for this year’s Fine Art Department at our local fair.

I’ll be entering the Fine Arts Department at the art show at our local county fair this year. I am entering some photography that I did and an abstract acrylic painting. This is my first time entering a painting instead of a drawing…. and my first year I’ve taken the photography aspect a bit more

Photography: Fantasy World of Trees

  I had some fun the other day in our local park photographing trees. Once I was finished, I took the color from the photos and added purples and blues – creating an entirely new tree that could be inside a fantasy world in a story book…. It is nice to know, we can take

Handcrafted Jewelry in 2018…

  I’ve decided to start creating more handcrafted necklaces…One of my favorite types of necklaces to make are the oil diffuser locket necklaces. They have felt pads inside the lockets which the wearer can place their favorite drops of essential oils on…  When they  wear it, they can smell their favorite oils all day. The