Christin
was born and raised in Oslo, Norway, a country steeped in traditional
art and inspiring natural beauty.
Edward Munch and other well known Scandinavian artists, along with her
family, influenced Christin at an early age.
She started drawing at the age of two and has made art an important part
of her life ever since.
At the
age of thirteen Christin immigrated with her family to Southern
California. She received her degree in Fine Art from UC Berkeley and
for several years worked as a graphic artist with landscape architecture
firms in Los Angles and the Bay Area.
For the
past nineteen years, Christin’s artwork has reflected her appreciation
for nature through her landscape painting, both in Plein air and in her
larger studio works. She has studied with Bay Area artists Pam Glover,
Mel Adamson, Stanley Goldstein, and Chester Arnold. She has adopted her
own realistic style influenced by the Tonalists as well as contemporary
landscape painter Russell Chatham.
Christin’s paintings of the Marin County hills, coastal regions, and
Sonoma County vineyards, reflect her strong connection with the land,
and bring to life the unique mood and beauty of each setting. She is
especially attracted to the warm colors and elongated shadows that
appear in the late afternoon. It has been said that Christin’s art
work evokes the deep, rich sounds of the cello.
The BayWood Artists is a small group of professional plein air artists
dedicated to helping preserve the environment for future generations and
the lands they love, the remaining open spaces of Marin County and the
greater Bay Area. Christin was one of the founding members of this group
ten years ago. Each year BWA chooses a new organization to help benefit
through the show and sale of their paintings of a specific area to be
preserved.
Christin also participates in annual art exhibits such as “Ranches and
Rolling Hills” which raises funds to protect farmland for Marin
Agricultural Trust, and “Marin/Scapes” benefiting the Buckelew
Foundation, as well as other organizations raising awareness for the
protection and conservation of land and water. Christin’s paintings
have been collected throughout the United States and in Europe.
A
collection of her paintings have recently been published in the book Ranches and Rolling Hills: Art of West Marin-A Land in Trust.
Here is a tutorial on how to use the Art Gallery Exhibition program
associated with each art category.
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thumbnail to see a full view of the art work - In full view mode you
will see additional icons & here are the functions
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initiate the slide show in full view
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