nature enthusiast, Christine Lashley gathers most of
her ideas by painting outdoors. The art she creates on
location or in the studio is about time spent in nature
and the beauty of a moment held in memory.
Light patterns inspire her, but she conveys more in her
art besides the literal realism of sun and shadow. Her
paintings often fuse reality and the abstract, using color
and texture to look ‘real’ from afar but dissolve into
abstraction up close. The painting’s final paint layers
(with thick brush marks, scraping and glazes) give the
art a three-dimensional aspect to the surface, evoking
the multi-dimensional layers seen in the natural world.
The result is a strong sense of place and mood that
transcends the individual elements on the canvas
As a contemporary impressionist painter and lifelong nature enthusiast, Christine Lashley gathers most of her ideas by painting outdoors. The art she creates on location or in the studio is about the beauty of a moment held in memory. Her paintings often fuse reality and the abstract, using color and texture to look realistic from afar but dissolve into abstraction up close.
With a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis and prior study at the Sorbonne and Parsons in Paris; Christine continued her art education with workshops from prominent artists including Scott Christensen, with whom she is currently doing an online Beyond the Easel Webinar project (a series of interactive artistic conversations).
Her work has won numerous awards, including Best of Show for both landscape and portrait work. Recent awards were the ARC Salon (Plein Air), Bold Brush Award (June 2020), Best Landscape at the 27th Oil Painters of America National Show, and Best of Show at Telluride Plein Air and Bath County Plein Air. Christine’s work has been featured in many articles, publications and media, including two art-instruction DVDs released by Liliedahl, and the cover of Plein Air Magazine. Christine has taught US and international workshops for over 20 years and is a Signature Member of: Oil Painters of America (OPA), Plein Air Painters of the Southeast (PAP-SE), Salmagundi NYC, and the Washington Society of Landscape Painters.
