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

YouTube Shorts: The Moon Knows my Heart Poem

So I am not sure if this is a new thing – or I just noticed it the other day, but I saw where Youtube is allowing creators to make “shorts,” similar to short videos found on “Tik-Tok.” I thought – what a perfect opportunity to create some short poetry videos! I recently created a

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

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

Digital Abstract Art: Electric Flower

Another piece of artwork I created on my tablet…

Digital Art: Watercolor: Japanese Inspired: Fantasy Flower Pond

  I’ve been working on my “digital art” skills again on my art tablet…. This is a “mixed media” of watercolor, airbrush, marker and pencil. I feel that it is inspired from some of the fantasy Japanese art that I have seen….. Creating art digitally without an actual pencil – and just using a bigger

Starting a YouTube Channel Featuring Poetry Videos & Photography Slideshows

I am creating a YouTube Channel. For anyone who is interested, I will be creating poetry videos featuring me reading my poetry mixed with background music and videography. I also will put together slideshows showcasing my photography and artwork. If you would like to see my work “come alive,” check out my youtube channel and

Artwork: This year’s fair entries

These are my entries for this year’s Moultrie-Douglas County Fair 2016 Fine Arts category. I have been entering it almost every year since I was about 19 or 20 years old. So I’ve been entering it for about 15 years.

Artwork for sale on eBay &

I have decided to put some of my artwork on eBay and Etsy. I am selling ACEO prints of my digital paintings, doodles and cartoon characters. Some of the ones that are for sale are pictured below:   My eBay listings can be found …> HERE ETSY STORE—Original Artwork by Ariana      

Artwork: Digital Oil Painting-“Dancing Petals”

An original digital oil painting I created on the Art Rage app. It is available on eBay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/262392711192? 8×10: “Dancing Petals”