Aldo Cherres

Author: aldo

  • wiP

    Work in progress of what it would later become Horizons No. 53.

  • Open Studios 2026 Pictures

    The event was a success thanks to my studio partner, Charlene Goldstein who organized it to the finest details. We had a quality turnout of art lovers who came to our studios, fulfilling conversations, insightful opinions and overall positive energy throughout the weekend.

    Thank you to the Cultural Council for organizing such an phenomenal event and to anyone who was able to make it.

    We’ll see you next year!

    Pictures by Nuné Asatryan

  • Open Studios 2026

    Just a reminder that our studios will be open for public this coming weekend May the 2nd and 3rd from 12 – 5 pm.

    Click the Cultural Council’s Open Studios link here to find more details about the event.

  • Open Studios 2026

    I’m pleased to announce my studio mate Charlene Goldstein and I will be participating in the Cultural Council’s Open Studios event again this year. Mark your calendars for the 2nd and 3rd of May from 12pm to 5pm. We hope you can make it for refreshments and fun.

  • Horizons Reaches 100

    Horizons Reaches 100

    It’s been about 3 years since I started Horizons, a series of abstracted fantastical imagined landscapes. They have been slowly evolving like all my art; I’ve been painting them on a variety of formats from small 8 x 8 to large 60 x 80 inch canvases. I’m still passionate about this series, it’s fun and lets me express with no expectations and absolute freedom.

    The painting above is the 100th one, a special one made on a humble standard size of 16 x 20 inch.

    Cheers and thank you for your support in my artistic journey.

    Aldo

  • Introducing a New Body of Portraits

    Introducing a New Body of Portraits

    I’ve been back at painting figures and portraits again, which I left aside for some time to concentrate on imagined landscapes (which I’m still painting.) I’m creating new ones and also revisiting some old paintings. It comes in cycles, it’s a subject I have always enjoyed. I’m still deciding how to call this new series of portraits. Let’s see how it evolves.

  • Painting at Night

    Painting at Night

    I’m not a night artist, but lately I have been experimenting with it. Everything changes in the dark, the way I perceive light, colors, sounds and how the objects around me reflect them. Mood and energy also change, it’s later in the day and the way I feel is different. But I’m enjoying such a slight addition to my routine, it’s a good way to end a fruitful day.

  • Boynton Beach Public Project Finalist

    Boynton Beach Public Project Finalist

    I’m thrilled to announce that one of my artworks was selected for a public project in the city of Boynton Beach, FL. I was one of the finalists for the Turning Traffic Control Boxes into Public Art program. My artwork Horizons No. 46 has been selected as one of the final 35 pieces. I’ll be sharing more news in the coming weeks!

  • Revisiting: Velazquez’ Las Meninas

    I’m sure you know Diego Velazquez, an impressive Spanish artist from the 17th century, if you don’t I’ll talk a bit about him in a future post. Today I want to focus on his famous painting Las Meninas, which lives at El Prado museum in Madrid, Spain.

    This colossal masterpiece (125 x 105 in) was commissioned by the king Phillip IV. There are many versions of what Velazquez was depicting, it looks like a mundane day at the royal palace where the infanta Margaret Theresa is being tended by her maids. If you look at the left hand side you see Velazquez painting the scene on this gigantic canvas looking at us. If he is looking at us, that means he was probably painting from a mirror or at least give us that impression. If you look even closer at Velazquez right hand side you’ll notice a small picture of two people on the wall, they are the king and queen reflected on a mirror. If this is the case he would’ve been portraying them on that large canvas? So the viewers would be the king and queen, which are reflected on the mirror, instead of us. Or is this a self-portrait including the royal family. Not to mention the small figure exiting the door, intriguing. Another version is that he was painting a double portrait of the king and queen and the king called his daughter to entertain them while they were being portrayed and Velazquez adjusted the portrait and made it a whole scene, if this is the case he would’ve been given extremely flexibility to make this painting bu the king.

    There are many versions about this painting’s meaning, but there is no doubt he was a genius to create a scene based on the king’s requests and what was going on at that moment. I hope you enjoyed this short art story.

  • Flower Movement: A Seed of an Idea

    It must’ve started with a spark—an impulse to paint flowers. I thought, why not? After all, I’m an artist, and I like to paint anything that moves me—anything that inspires, anything that surfaces from within.

    Flowers have always fascinated me—not only for the obvious reasons: their colors, their intricate and endless variety of forms, their essential role in our environment—but also for something more elusive. They carry an emotional charge, a kind of quiet drama that I wanted to explore on canvas.

    I imagined them in grand spaces, painted in a way that felt expansive—where they could breathe and exist freely. And those imagined spaces eventually began to echo the spirit of my Horizons series. Or maybe Horizons led me here. I don’t quite remember. My work is deeply interwoven. One idea gives way to another. Some come from a single fleeting image, others from a tangle of impressions and memories. It’s all connected.

    So far, I’ve created a small group of these pieces in a more intimate format. But I see larger versions in the future—paintings that fully embrace the scale I feel they deserve. I’m waiting for the right moment. And like most things in my process, only time will tell.

    Aldo

    Flower Movement series