Christina Haglid

Leeward - Original Watercolor Painting with Boat and Surreal Orchid Plant

2013

"North Sea", by Christina Haglid, is a meticulously detailed watercolor. The single bloom suspended above the vase has translucent water droplets covering its soft peach colored pet...

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...

Undulating waves with a single stemmed flower floating on the surface merge into a tumultuous sky in this surreal landscape by artist Christina Haglid. The artist uses watercolors l...

Christina Haglid Low Cloud watercolor on paper 4.50h x 2w in FRAMED DIMENSIONS 14h x 11w x 1d in 35.56h x 27.94w x 2.54d cm CMH003 Artist's Statement Tiny Sanctuaries There has alw...

A one of a kind 20" x 14" Surreal Watercolor and Gouache executed on Arches Aquarelle Paper by artist Annalise Neil. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase ...

A charming watercolour study of various boats at sea. Signed to the lower right and well presented in a double card mount and fluted frame. On wove.

"Night Fishing" is a mid-century modern watercolor and gouache depicting fishermen bringing in their catch by lantern at night. This painting measures 27.75" x 35.75" framed.

The boat in the dock is an original drawing in watercolor on paper realized by an anonymous artist in 1945 ca. Good conditions. The artwork represents a beautiful sea in the perspe...