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Artist statement
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My mother and husband have both called me a drama queen. So it makes sense that my studio has a cigarette/bourbon bottle shrine to Jackson Pollock and that there's blues music jamming in the background. It's also why intuitive abstract expressionist art is what excites me. To be able to evoke emotion from viewers with something I create from deep within me, is so amazing. These are visuals that I did not know existed until they appear on my canvas. To me, that work is more powerful than work that's representational in nature.
I'm known for the fusion of color and energy. Two important elements to me because I am legally blind, another continuing drama in my life, but we will talk more about that later... I use a variety of acrylics, India ink, cattle markers, paint sticks, graphite, and spray paint. I'm known to fabricate paint brushes from twigs and leaves or take a metal grinder to my canvas. I use play and experimentation, which reveal a point of balance and mystery. I strive to create work with great stopping power that speaks to me in the end. Originally, I'm from the farm country west of Chicago where my love for art and color began. I received a Bachelor of Fine Art degree at the same time my mother moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Santa Fe artist community became a strong influence on me. Artists such as Richard Diebenkorn, Janet Lippincott, and Poteet Victory inspired me with their dramatic abstract expressionist work. Later in life I became legally blind which caused me to leave a 21-year career in advertising. Today I live on a small farm outside of Asheville, NC. My daily painting is my creative outlet as well as therapy. My blindness has transformed my work, revealing even more dramatic color, texture and contrast. christyvonderlack.com RECENT EXHIBITIONS 2019 Miya Gallery, Weaverville NC Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale AZ Asheville Festival of the Arts Weaverville Studio Tour Dogwood Art Festival, Knoxville TN 2018 Miya Gallery, Weaverville NC Silverbird Gallery, Asheville NC Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale AZ Asheville Festival of the Arts Weaverville Studio Tour 2017 SYNC Gallery, Denver CO Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale AZ 2016 SYNC Gallery, Denver CO Louisville National Fine Art Show, Center for the Arts, Louisville CO Art Students League Summer Art Market, Denver CO Osmosis Gallery, Niwot CO 2015 Gallery Andrea, Scottsdale AZ Artwork Network, Denver CO SYNC Gallery, Denver CO Downtown Denver Art Festival, Denver CO Art Students League of Denver Art Market, Denver CO Art on the Rockies, Edwards CO Osmosis Gallery, Niwot CO Pearl Street Art Festival, Boulder CO Steamboat Springs, Steamboat Springs CO Boulder Studio Tour, Boulder CO 2014 Boulder Studio Tour BEST OF SHOW — 29th Annual Louisville National Fine Art Show, Center for the Arts, Louisville CO Mile High Art & Jazz Festival, Denver CO Downtown Art Fest, Frisco CO Beaver Creek Art Festival, Avon CO Cheesman Park Art Festival, Denver CO Art Students League Summer Art Market, Denver CO East Boulder County Studio Tour Featured Artist, C.C. Opiela Gallery, Denver CO Featured Artist, Creative Framing Gallery, Louisville CO 32nd Annual National Art Exhibition, Visual Arts Centert, Punta Gorda FL 2013 Boulder Open Studio Fall Tour, Boulder CO Dona Laurita Gallery, Louisville CO C.C. Opiela Gallery, Denver CO Downtown Art Fest, Frisco CO Women's Caucus for Art of Colorado Group Exhibition, Denver CO Louisville National Fine Art Show, Louisville CO Rembrandt Yard Gallery, Group Exhibition, Boulder CO Art on the Rockies, Vail CO Art Students League of Denver Summer Art Market, Denver CO East Boulder County Art Association Studio Tour, Erie CO East Boulder County Art Association Group Exhibition, pARTiculars Gallery, Lafayette CO Solo Exhibition at Mad Wines of Denver East Boulder County Arts Association Group Exhibition at Mad Wines of Denver 2012 LA Coppersmith Gallery, Louisville CO Lines Into Shapes 16th Annual National Fine Art Show, Estes Park CO Colorado Artists Guild’s 84th Annual Artists of Colorado Exhibition Chautauqua COLORado Art Exhibit, Boulder, CO Louisville Art Association’s 27th Annual National Juried Fine Art Show Art Students League of Denver 29th Annual Show, Denver, CO Gilpin County Arts Gallery in Central City, CO AANC National Fine Art Show, Fort Collins CO 2011 Lines Into Shapes National Art Show, Estes Park, CO Chautauqua COLORado Art Exhibit, Boulder, CO Gilpin County Art Associatio Members Show, Central City, CO 26th Annual Louisville National Art Show, Louisville CO Spark Gallery Art Open, Denver CO Colorado Coalition of Artists Regional Show, Fort Collins, CO Gilpin County Art Show, Central City, CO 2010 Artists of Colorado Exhibit, Denver, CO Lines Into Shapes National Art Show, Estes Park, CO COLORado Chautauqua Art Show, Boulder, CO Evergreen Art Open, Evergreen, CO |
These are som of my favorite products that I use in almost every piece: India Ink, Custom patch texture, Golden transparent red oxide, cattle markers, oil bas and graphite. 
Ever since 1977, I wanted to be an artist, Mrs. Russell's class sealed the deal.
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