About the Artist

Christine Mitchell began her artistic career working in the tradition of watercolor where she explored the transparencies of the medium. To provide more vibrancy and texture in her work she introduced the opacity of gouache to contrast the different passages of the painting and experimented with shape and line to create movement.

As she used different techniques, the subject matter began to evolve, and she began to focus on individuals in her environment. Her figure work is inspired by a fleeting glimpse of a personality, human individuality and interactions.

Christine embraced the challenge of acrylic and mixed media as a means of further creative expression and has expanded her portfolio to include landscape, animals and still life.  She continues to use shape and line, along with a stronger palette, to convey these images to the viewer. 

While primarily self-taught, Christine has been grateful to those who have inspired her to paint and to “fall off the precipice” in order to allow her the freedom and creativity of the brushstroke.

Christine is a full member of the Alberta Society of Artists and an associate signature member of the Federation of Canadian Artists. She has won awards through these organizations, as well as the Curry’s M. Graham and Company Award with the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor, Open Water. Christine has shown her work in various galleries and venues throughout Western Canada.

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