Christina Hall-Strauss
Santa Fe, NM
Enclave
acrylic and graphite on canvas
18" x 24"
2023
$1800
About
I was born in Tucson, Arizona in 1947, and have lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico, since the mid-1970s. I graduated from the University of Arizona in 1970 with a BFA in Painting and a minor in Art History. I taught watercolor and drawing at the Tucson Museum of Art School from 1971 to 1976 and headed the Art Program at the New School of Santa Fe from 1976 to 1980. I’ve exhibited nationally and internationally since 1971. My work is in the permanent collection of the Roswell Museum, the Santa Fe Art Museum, Capitol Arts Foundation in the New Mexico State Capitol building (Santa Fe), the Santa Fe Community College Foundation, Lovelace Health Centers in New Mexico, and other public collections. New Mexico Arts has purchased my work several times, twice with the Purchase Initiative and once with the Acclaimed Artist Initiative. A video of me and my work was produced by the Film Department of the Santa Fe Community College in connection with their permanent collection. I continue to work daily in my Santa Fe studio.
Artist Statement
My artwork explores the rhythms, tensions and harmonies of the natural world, reflecting my sensory perception of patterns, energies, atmospheres and relationships.I work with the interplay of color and movement, form and texture, and the idea of above and below, seen and unseen, with multiple layering in my paintings. I was born in Tucson Arizona and have lived in Santa Fe New Mexico since the mid-1970s. The Southwestern landscape permeates my awareness of color and shape. The cycling of the New Mexico seasons, flights of birds, native flora, the Río Grande and other rivers and arroyos, continually visit my paintings. Travel intensifies my appreciation of the many forms and feelings in the world of nature. Asian aesthetics in crafts and painting also continue to be a great influence. My preferred mediums are acrylic and graphite on canvas and on gessoed paper. I work with negative space by adding and subtracting shapes while building the surface to create an overall glow.
Portfolio
Representation
Joseph Gierek Fine Art
Tulsa, OK
Muse Gallery
Columbus, OH
Art from Christina Hall-Strauss in other TAAC exhibitions