This post contains information about forthcoming exhibitions in May and June 2009. To see images of my work, click on LANDSCAPES, STILL LIFES, LIFE STUDIES, ILLUSTRATION or BA TAILFIN to the right (under ARTWORK ACCORDING TO CATEGORY) and then scroll downwards.
MENTMORE ARTS FESTIVAL
Paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture, glass and pottery in the church and village hall. Refreshments. Children's art workshops.
MAY BANK HOLIDAY, Saturday 23 - Monday 25 May 2009, 11 - 5
Adult entry £2 (includes catalogue). Children free.
http://www.mentmore-arts-festival.co.uk/
FANFARE: A taste of Bucks Open Studios
A preview exhibition in one location of an inspirational mix of work by Bucks artists and makers.
TUESDAY 2 - WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE 2009
Monday - Thursday 10am - 9.30pm
Friday 10am - 5pm & 7 - 8pm
Saturday 10am - 1pm & 7 - 8pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm
Free entry.
Queens Park Art Centre, Queens Park, off Walton Road, Aylesbury HP21 7RT
http://www.bucksopenstudios.org.uk/
BUCKS OPEN STUDIOS: 'Art at St Dunstan's'
Eight artists showing in atmospheric medieval church near Princes Risborough: paintings, prints, handmade books, stained glass, textile art, botanical illustration, jewellery.
Easy parking on Mill Lane. Demonstrations. Refreshments throughout show. Cream teas Sundays 14 & 21 June, 2.30 4.30 in church hall and garden.
Free entry. Commission and donations to church funds. Enquiries: 01296 662776.
SATURDAY 13 - SATURDAY 27 JUNE 2009
Saturdays & weekdays 10 - 5 Sundays 12 - 4
St Dunstan's Church, Burton Lane, off Mill Lane, Monks Risborough, HP27 9JE (Mill Lane is on the left off the A4010, one mile out of Princes Risborough when heading towards Aylesbury).
http://www.bucksopenstudios.org.uk/
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About me
- Christine Bass
- Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
- I am an artist and illustrator working and exhibiting in the Beds, Bucks and Herts area. Email me for prices/availability regarding the original paintings and drawings. Most of the landscapes and still lifes are also available as signed, limited edition giclee prints and cards. Email me for more information: christinebass.art@gmail.com
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MY ANNUAL OPEN STUDIO IN NOVEMBER
MY INSTAGRAM
GICLEE PRINTING
Giclee printing is a high quality, digital print process using long-life inks on archival grade paper. The mounts for these prints are conservation grade board.
My editions are almost always limited to 50 and every print is signed by me.
MORE ABOUT CHRISTINE AND HER WORK
Christine paints contemporary landscapes, characterised by strong lines and shapes, flattened planes and the use of vibrant colour. She grew up in Trinidad and the bright light and vivid colours of the tropics still exert an influence in her paintings.
She draws inspiration from the countryside where she lives, on the Buckinghamshire border with Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire: the gentle beauty of the Chiltern Hills, views from the Ridgeway, the patterns of fields scored by furrows and bounded by hedgerows, the bare trees of winter, the colours of crops and of the seasons.
Other parts of England feature in her paintings too: the South Coast, Devon, Cornwall, Lincolnshire, Shropshire and the Lake District.
Another aspect of her work is her still life paintings which often include flowers for their exuberant colours and organic shapes.
In her mixed media work, Christine begins by drawing the composition onto board or canvas. Next, she uses tissue to loosely block in areas of colour, relishing the unexpected shapes which emerge from torn edges and overlapping layers. The tissue is glued to the board or canvas. The drawn composition is important to her; when it begins to disappear beneath the layers of tissue, she re-draws it. She then paints in acrylics onto the collage base, focusing on the original drawing but also incorporating many of the shapes which originate from the tissue layer. Her aim is a synthesis between the drawing and the more abstract collage, with the painted layer bringing the two together.
Her background is in illustration and design (First Class BA Honours Degree, Manchester, 1982). Most of her illustrations feature in publications for environment and development organisations (such as IUCN in Geneva and IIED in London).
In 1998, she won the Sunday Times/British Airways Competition to design a tailfin for BA as part of its ‘Global Images’ campaign. Her artwork, inspired by British canal art and titled ‘Grand Union’, decorated BA tailfins and buses for several years.
Christine is a member of the Bucks Art Society, the Visual Images Group and Artists Network Bedfordshire.