ARTIST STATEMENT
As a senior artist it’s a special time for me to bloom in Art. I experiment in Abstract Art and collage as it allows the journey into the components of art such as color, composition, and dimension. I am also grateful for the rich fabric of experience and I often take inspiration from my South American heritage.
The small work “Full Moon, High Seas” is inspired by life on Long Island’s North Shore and the wild and energetic waters of New England. On the night of the full Moon the sea is especially beautiful.
As a habit I save small bits of paper cuttings and interesting household scraps to create mixed media, 3D collages. In addition, my latest technique incorporates acrylic paint palette dryings which I am able to pull off in bit & pieces….sometimes even sheets creating an amazing new medium for my collages.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Christina enjoys painting, and mixed media collage with found and recycled materials. As a retired Web Designer she enjoys spending time in the study of new art techniques and disciplines. In addition to painting in various mediums such as acrylic, chalk pastels and other mixed media she creates digital art in Procreate. Her education includes visual art & design at The School of Visual Arts, Art Student’s League and Farmingdale University. She is also a published poet, a docent at the Heckscher Museum of Art, and likes to play the kalimba and crochet. She lives with her husband Sal and Orion the Maine Coon cat on Long Island, in Huntington NY. She admires the art works of Georges Seurat, Giorgio di Chirico, and Robert Kipness.
© Cristina Ariza Davila