Cheri Carandanis (1974, born in the United States) is an abstract painter whose work digs into the places we try to outrun, the truths we bury, and the beauty that still insists on showing up. Every layer becomes a reckoning, a release, and a reminder that healing is messy, holy, and ours to claim. She paints to stay honest, to stay awake, and to offer others a way back to themselves. What lives on her canvas is the collision of grit, grace, and a life rebuilt in full color.