Exhibitions


Gallery Representation

Gallery of Wisconsin Art - Christine Buth-Furness

Ric Hartman, Director
414-630-3600

EARTH WIND FIRE WATER SKY: CLIMATE TRANSFORMED

The exhibit is a reflection of what we have and what we must protect, preserve and learn from.
Many thanks to Samantha Michalski, CAM Curator and all the staff at the Cedarburg Art Museum for their faith in my curation and for this opportunity.

Cedarburg Art Museum

Cedarburg, Wisconsin, January 26 through May 14, 2023

Closing reception May 6, 2023.

James May Gallery

exhibit on Artsy.com

Christine Buth-Furness


Through March 2023

2022 IAA Finalist Award in Drawing

A juried international achievement award exhibition.

Scottsdale, AZ, September 2022

Camelback International Online Gallery

Portfolio


Trees and Light
Redwoods and Water
Horizon Lines
Empty Spaces
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Artist Statement


I paint images that suggest a presence in an environment or an absence of one and evoke an emotional response. Art making is an activity that documents my creative and critical thinking and takes the form of visual poetry. The works are abstracted portraits of objects found in nature, places experienced, spaces navigated and those imagined. Layers of water-based pigment build the color intensity; define the form and allow light as a subject to give meaning. Each deep, rich hue is created through a series of washes, one transparent layer over another building in intensity until the maximum color saturation is reached.

I usually work in series, some of which are titled: “Redwoods and water loops”, “Empty spaces,” “Trees and light” and “Sky in a box”. The new series is inspired by my years in California and my travels and is titled “Building a Forest One Tree at a Time.”

The camera is with me most days and is used as another tool for observing nature, but I never work directly from a photograph when I paint. In addition, I draw from a model every week, and this allows me to practice, develop and maintain a keen sense of observation and to successfully build values in a composition. Photographing and drawing the world around me are critical parts of my art making process.

Even though watercolor is my primary medium, I was formally trained in fine art printmaking, and it took several years to learn to paint like a painter, not like a printmaker. In 2015 I had a large solo exhibition, which included drawings, prints and paintings from the last three decades. This awakened a desire to again allow the white of the paper to become a powerful positive shape in the paintings, reexamining the dialog between positive and negative shapes.