Her Approach

Christine approaches the blank paper or canvas with an openness and freedom that allows images and stories of the natural world, both seen and unseen, to emerge. Images reflecting the nature of reality and inner landscape are balanced with touches of humor and fantasy in gouache, watercolor or acrylic or mixed media on paper and canvas. Images can arise spontaneously from the mind or are taken from nature and usually evolve beyond standard representation.

Stories caught in the telling emerge onto the paper and something is created that is open to interpretation by the viewer… Representational images are mixed with abstracted images of birds, flowers, and other creatures, beings from the imagination populate the paintings and drawings. Paintings in gouache, acrylic and mixed media, drawings in charcoal. Giclee prints of selected originals available.

Her Bio

Christine Rossi lives in Berkeley CA and up until 2026 maintained a studio space in the Sawtooth Building in Berkeley. Christine is a Vajrayana Buddhist practitioner, a gardener and backyard bird and butterfly wrangler. Her advocacy for the natural world is reflected in her art and practices. In keeping with the approach of openness and to bring more fun into people’s lives she is also employed as a freelance Party Artist, bringing the magic of art in the form of face painting and balloon art to families, neighborhoods and groups all over the Bay Area.