CHRISTY VONDERLACK
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Artist statement

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.
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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



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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.       

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Ever since 1977, I wanted to be an artist, Mrs. Russell's class sealed the deal.
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