Christina Haglid

Neowise - Comet Passing Through Geometric Landscape at Night, Original Artwork

2020

My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...

Christina Haglid Brick Light watercolor and gouache on paper 11h x 8w in 27.94h x 20.32w cm FRAMED DIMENSIONS 17.25h x 14.25w x 0.75d in 43.81h x 36.20w x 1.91d cm CMH060 Artist's S...

Translucent vessels are suspended upon the surface of the water in this surreal landscape entitled "Cloud Lake". This landscape is done in exacting detail with watercolor and gouache down to the smallest water droplet. Layer upon layer of color is added to achieve this impressively detailed painting. The piece is matted and framed in a simple white frame measuring 20.25 x 16.75 inches. Christina Haglid Cloud Lake watercolor and gouache on paper 11h x 8w in 27.94h x 20.32w cm CMH053 Artist's Statement Tiny Sanctuaries There has always been an intersection between the process of writing and the act of painting in my work. It has somehow been my guide. In the last four years, during the making of this work, that connection intensified as I started writing short stories and flash fiction while taking online classes. I find the process of writing and painting so different in almost every way, but there is something freeing and generative in writing which helps my painting process. Or perhaps it's a reminder of what painting is for me - something intuitive that needs to be trusted. And what they do have in common is a desire to encapsulate and distill a single moment, a story, about the complexity of our emotions and experiences. At the heart of my work is the recurring depiction of perseverance, strength of will, and a subtle optimism. Symbolically through the objects, precarious situations depict a moment of possible difficulty, often involving the influence of nature. A paper crane left in the snow. A boat nearly filled to the brim, but not submerged and able to drain its own contents carefully. A slide alone at...

My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...

"Intersection 3" is an original piece by Sophie Roach made from watercolor. This piece measures 11.25"h x 9.25" framed and is signed en recto. Sophie Roach (b. 1988) is a multi-disc...

Like a Comet - Nocturnal Sky in Oil on Masonite Surrealistic oil painting landscape of comet by listed San Francisco, California artist Eleanor Perry (American, 1928-2014). Signed ...

Meg Hitchcock The Luminous Regions of the Sky, 2024 Text from Lucretius’ On the Nature of the Universe, acrylic, graphite, colored pencil 22.5 x 18 in. frame size: 27 x 22.25 in. (Hi...

A bright neon futuristic geometric landscape, depicting a detailed imaginative deconstructive dome structure in a polychrome world, titled "Domus Series" by Anita Margrill (American,...