Beatrice - selectively soft by Cheri Carandanis

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Cheri Carandanis

Beatrice - selectively soft, 2026

Acrylic on Vegan Leather

$285

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Beatrice carries softness with a pulse underneath it.

Painted on a blush pink crossbody, this piece balances tenderness and disruption through layered marks, electric pinks, muted olive greens, deep blue-black, and restless handwritten gestures that move across the surface like thoughts you almost said out loud. The gold lines feel instinctive and alive, part graffiti, part prayer, part evidence of becoming.

There’s an emotional looseness to Beatrice that refuses perfection. Drips remain. Scribbles overlap. Colors collide and soften each other at the same time. The result feels playful at first glance, but underneath is something more resilient, more self-aware.

Beatrice is not fragile femininity. She is selective softness.
Open-hearted, complicated, and entirely unwilling to disappear.