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about Christine

Christine has developed a unique medium to create her paintings. Her technique utilizes pastel colors upon a Gesso ground. The finished work is fixed with multiple coats of acrylic varnish. Her paintings have marvelous depth of color, and are remarkably resistant to damage and UV degradation.

Christine began her art career in Chicago during the 1960s. A member and exhibitor at the Countryside Gallery in Arlington Heights, Illinois and the North Shore Art League of Glencoe, Illinois, she also exhibited at the rental and sales exhibit gallery of the Chicago Art Institute.

In the 1970s Christine shifted her artistic attention primarily to constructions utilizing fabrics and natural materials. In the late 1980s she began the experimentation that led to development of her current technique.

From 1989 through 1996 Christine was associated with FAAST (The Fine Art Society of lower New York State) and with Art Exchange, Inc. where she exhibited at the Susquehanna Gallery in Union Dale, Pennsylvania. In 1996 Christine moved to Asheville, NC. In so doing she returned to the scenes of her early childhood, which she spent in Tennessee and North Carolina.

Christine currently exhibits at the Asheville Gallery of Art, 6 College Street. Asheville, North Carolina 28801. Phone: 828-251-5796.

© Copyright 2005–2006 by Christine Siegfried. Images may not be reproduced without permission.