Cherry hood is an Archibald prize winner who has artworks in many important Australian art collections, including the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Australia, Artbank, and several regional art galleries. Cherry has become well known for her haunting, large-scale images of faces. 

As viewers, visiting a Cherry Hood exhibition is a voyeuristic experience. The huge eyed faces follow you around the exhibition space, drinking you in and forcing you to maintain eye contact. You feel as though you have intruded on quiet thoughts, perhaps on a dark moment recalled. There are no smiles, and the eyes have a bruised outlook, too knowledgeable for their brief years.

Cherry hood is an Archibald prize winner who has artworks in many important Australian art collections, including the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Australia, Artbank, and several regional art galleries. Cherry has become well known for her haunting, large-scale images of faces. 

As viewers, visiting a Cherry Hood exhibition is a voyeuristic experience. The huge eyed faces follow you around the exhibition space, drinking you in and forcing you to maintain eye contact. You feel as though you have intruded on quiet thoughts, perhaps on a dark moment recalled. There are no smiles, and the eyes have a bruised outlook, too knowledgeable for their brief years.

Join a fabulous weekend residential workshop and learn Cherry Hood’s technique of making a large-scale watercolour painting of a face on paper.

Workshops are held in Cherry Hood’s spacious studio on her farm ‘Crystal Hill’ near Goulburn NSW.

This is not a portrait painting workshop. It’s all about making the most out of the amazing features and effects of the medium of watercolour paint.

Cherry helps each participant’s individual needs and students of all levels usually achieve at least one very good painting by the second day of the workshop.

Cherry Hood’s work is held in collections throughout Australia including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Penrith Regional Gallery, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Artbank. Solo exhibitions of the artist include Brüder 1, Lehmann, Leskiw + Schedler, Toronto (2002); Family Matters, Maroondah Regional Gallery, Victoria (2003); Harold’s End, Deitch Projects, New York (2004); Now and Then, Schubert Contemporary, Queensland (2006). Selected group exhibitions the artist has been curated in include Contemporary Portraiture, The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (2001); Archibald Portrait Prize, (Winner), The Art Gallery of New South Wales (2002); Portrayal, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver (2003).

Cherry Hood’s work is held in collections throughout Australia including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Penrith Regional Gallery, the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Artbank. Solo exhibitions of the artist include Brüder 1, Lehmann, Leskiw + Schedler, Toronto (2002); Family Matters, Maroondah Regional Gallery, Victoria (2003); Harold’s End, Deitch Projects, New York (2004); Now and Then, Schubert Contemporary, Queensland (2006). Selected group exhibitions the artist has been curated in include Contemporary Portraiture, The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra (2001); Archibald Portrait Prize, (Winner), The Art Gallery of New South Wales (2002); Portrayal, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver (2003).