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Christine Fox (Lubbock, TX) creates colorful, contemporary abstract and mixed-media artwork in Portland, OR.
Christine's recent artwork consists of mixed media paintings using acrylic paints, graphite pencil, and wax crayon on birch board, paper, and canvas. She also experiments with collage and hand embroidery in her pieces.
Christine's abstract mixed-media artwork explores the inspiration of celebration, curiosity, and place. Her simple, childhood explorations under the vast skies of the Texas Panhandle where thunderstorms, rocky outcrops, and stars hold a special place in her art inspiration. Many works honor happy childhood hours playing with textiles alongside her mom and grandmother, and the gift of a film SLR camera and summer art projects with her dad, an art major turned educator.
In process, each expressive abstract art piece begins with play and lightness painted in lusciously thick paint, bold and delicate marks, and fluttery and geometric shapes that build up highly-textured layers until the final work embodies a unique feeling from the inside out.
Having enjoyed both art and science, Christine has a BS and MS in Geological Sciences from The University of Texas at Austin, for which she created a multitude of maps and scaled 3-D models of ancient environments.
She has exhibited photography in Singapore, mixed-media artwork in Saratoga Springs, NY, and created community artwork in Dresden, Germany.
She's continually inspired by travel, photography, and world cultures and has lived in Texas, France, Singapore, Germany, and New York, where she studied languages, photography, drawing, and painting.