Mythology, Family, Landscapes Old and New...
Christine Rossi
Christine M. Rossi lives in Berkeley, California but originally came from a rural area in up-state New York. Christine began exploring art at an early age winning several art competitions while in high school. She was influenced by Japanese art and theater while on a student exchange program to Japan. Christine later studied costume and stage design at SUNY Binghamton, illustration, oil painting, and color theory through the University of California Extension Programs and is self-taught in the use of casein and encaustic paint. She recently branched into photography to include original photographic images within her pieces through collage, transfer and digital manipulation.
After moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1980, She began working as an architectural model builder and illustrator for a San Francisco architectural firm. She branched out into creating illustrations, two and three dimensional, as well as models throughout the 80’s and into the early 90’s.
Other career pursuits took her away from her art practice; however, she has returned to creating pieces that reflect her philosophical reactivity to her personal world and the world at large. The works are secular in nature but draw heavily on religious and mythological imagery.
“Creating has become tuned to preserving the every day life of those that preceded me, capturing a day in human history, or telling a story through the imagery of the land and human interaction. My work is indicative of my exploration the human experience through spiritual and mythological cycles and interaction with the natural world. I primarily work in oils and casein with three dimensional elements created through the addition of recycled and natural materials.”
Christine exhibits in Galleries throughout the San Francisco bay area and has artwork on the Ovation TV website, www.ovationtv.com as well as her own website, www.christinerossiart.com.
