Jacqui Christians
Location: upwey, Victoria, Australia
Artist Group/s: 2D Fine Art
Themes: Animals, Nature, Still life/Objects, Contemporary, Stylised
Medium: Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Mixed Media, Digital Art
Art Education:
TOP/VOP Fine Art - Box Hill
Graphic Design - Diploma Monash (CIT)
Awards:
Commended - Wildlife Show- Sherbrooke Art Society
Winner - Red Show - Arvys Gallery Olinda
Solo Exhibitions:
Landshapes -Red Earth Gallery Mooroolbark 2019
Unstill Life - Arvys Gallery Olinda 2018
Terranium - Tacit Gallery 2018
Things We Covet - Still Lifes - Warburton Arts Centre 2017
Wildwoods - Emerald 2016
Group Exhibitions:
Red Gallery- INLAND -Landscape Duo Show -2019
Brunswick Street Gallery - Botanica -2018
Burrinja Jarmbi Gallery- Duality -2018
Burrinja Jarmbi Gallery- Intensity -2017
Camberwell Art show 2017
Warranwood Art show 2017
Bayside Art show 2017
Burrinja Jarmbi Gallery- Micro Macro -2016
I live in Dandenongs ranges in outer Melbourne, birdlife and treescapes abound which naturally inspires my work. I am always exploring and landscape both natural forest and arid landscapes like the Flinders ranges, inform how I paint, which is an immediate response to the feeling I get from of a place.
My arts practice is both therapeutic and fun, I enjoy experimenting with paint mediums, building textures, communicating mood with colours and capturing the essence of a subject. I am known as a colourist and an expressionist and strive to find new inspirations and directions in my studio.