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Christine So Paintings

American, b. 1970
Christine So is an American printmaker, photographer and painter living in the hills across the bay from her hometown, San Francisco. She is best known for her blue and white cyanotype photographs of forests shrouded in fog. The Foggy Woods series is ever-growing as the artist continually hikes these hills which are often foggy at dawn. She explores radically different ways to use this antique photographic medium with and without out a camera. At times her blue prints look like screen prints. At others like abstract watercolors. Besides printing photographs from negatives, botanicals using entire branches, altering the chemical recipe to obtain novel colors, and creating abstract cyanotypes of deliberate patterns, she also paints images using the light-sensitive solution and prints a pattern within them. These last works she calls “cyanotype paintings”. The multiple-day process depends on being able to see while painting in a dark room so as to not expose the light-sensitive painted silhouette before it’s time. She named her series of botanical paintings which have a fine blue and white pattern “Delft Garden” after the Dutch painted porcelain. Clients include: Timothée Chalamet, Starbucks, Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville), Jumaira Resort, Lux Habitat Sotheby’s International (Dubai), Wyndham Worldmark Hotels, Kimpton Hotel Monaco (Salt Lake City) , Mazars Accounting, Limelight Hotel Mammoth (California), MD Anderson Hospital (Houston), Oncology Center, Houston Methodist Hospital.
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Artist: Christine So
Sunlight Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Botanical Art, 40 x 30 Inch
Sunlight Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Botanical Art, 40 x 30 Inch

Sunlight Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Botanical Art, 40 x 30 Inch

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

The graceful arcs of this botanical painting call to mind Chinese ink brush paintings or Japanese textiles. The silhouette is that of a money tree, a plant traditionally believed to ...

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2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Graphite, Canvas

Daybreak Japanese Maple (Framed 36 x 36 inch contemporary oil painting)
Daybreak Japanese Maple (Framed 36 x 36 inch contemporary oil painting)

Daybreak Japanese Maple (Framed 36 x 36 inch contemporary oil painting)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This is a ‘dancing peacock Japanese maple’ (Acer Japonicum Aconitifolium) also known as ‘Maiku-jaku' in Japanese. Its massive leaves have nine points instead of 5. They can be as b...

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2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Summer Woods IV Cyanotype Painting, Contemporary, 18x18, Signed, 2010+
Summer Woods IV Cyanotype Painting, Contemporary, 18x18, Signed, 2010+

Summer Woods IV Cyanotype Painting, Contemporary, 18x18, Signed, 2010+

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Sunset Oak (Framed 36 x 36 inch acrylic painting)
Sunset Oak (Framed 36 x 36 inch acrylic painting)

Sunset Oak (Framed 36 x 36 inch acrylic painting)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

A 36 x 36" acrylic painting on canvas. Framed in a 2-inch deep white solid wood floater frame which accentuates the pale yellow sky. The framed dimensions are 38 x 38 inches. The sam...

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2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite

Yellow Leaves Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Still-Life, 30 x40 inches Unframed
Yellow Leaves Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Still-Life, 30 x40 inches Unframed

Yellow Leaves Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Still-Life, 30 x40 inches Unframed

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

The graceful arcs of this botanical painting call to mind Chinese ink brush paintings or Japanese textiles. The silhouette is that of a money tree, a plant traditionally believed to ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite

Delft Garden Rhododendron Branch IV Cyanotype Painting, Signed, 18x12
Delft Garden Rhododendron Branch IV Cyanotype Painting, Signed, 18x12

Delft Garden Rhododendron Branch IV Cyanotype Painting, Signed, 18x12

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Autumn Garden II (10 x 10 inch cyanotype painting)
Autumn Garden II (10 x 10 inch cyanotype painting)

Autumn Garden II (10 x 10 inch cyanotype painting)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Sunset Palms (Framed 12 x 12 inch oil painting on wood panel)
Sunset Palms (Framed 12 x 12 inch oil painting on wood panel)

Sunset Palms (Framed 12 x 12 inch oil painting on wood panel)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

A moody yet vibrant California sunset. Oil paintings on wood have a very different feel than on canvas. There is a smoothness from the layers of sanded white gesso underneath and the...

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2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Birch, Paint, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel, Graphite

Spring  Wildflowers (18 x 18 inch oil painting on wood panel)
Spring  Wildflowers (18 x 18 inch oil painting on wood panel)

Spring Wildflowers (18 x 18 inch oil painting on wood panel)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This original oil painting on birchwood panel is painted in the shades of pale green wildflowers that one sees along forest paths and clearings as summer approaches. This is the silh...

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2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Birch, Oil, Wood Panel

Spring Poppies Cyanotype Painting on Rag Paper, 22 x 30 inches, signed
Spring Poppies Cyanotype Painting on Rag Paper, 22 x 30 inches, signed

Spring Poppies Cyanotype Painting on Rag Paper, 22 x 30 inches, signed

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Sunrise Madrone Diptych  (Two framed acrylic paintings: 21 x 21 in. each)
Sunrise Madrone Diptych  (Two framed acrylic paintings: 21 x 21 in. each)

Sunrise Madrone Diptych (Two framed acrylic paintings: 21 x 21 in. each)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

Each 20 x 20 inch canvas is framed in a separate 2 inch deep solid wood floater frame, increasing the dimensions to 21. 5 x 21.5 inches. Total span together is 44 x 22". Hung with...

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2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Acrylic

Twilight Redbud (Acrylic painting: 48 x 24 inches)
Twilight Redbud (Acrylic painting: 48 x 24 inches)

Twilight Redbud (Acrylic painting: 48 x 24 inches)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

Original acrylic painting on 24 x 48 inch canvas with 1/5 in inch deep clean white sides. Unframed. This is the fourth in the artist's ‘Twilight’ series of nine monochrome botanical...

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2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Acrylic

Early Summer Light (40 x 30 inch acrylic painting)
Early Summer Light (40 x 30 inch acrylic painting)

Early Summer Light (40 x 30 inch acrylic painting)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

The graceful arcs of this botanical painting call to mind Chinese ink brush paintings or Japanese textiles. The silhouette is that of a money tree, a plant traditionally believed to ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite

Sunrise Japanese Maple (Framed 20 x 20 inch Oil painting)
Sunrise Japanese Maple (Framed 20 x 20 inch Oil painting)

Sunrise Japanese Maple (Framed 20 x 20 inch Oil painting)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This is an oil painting of the deep red Japanese maple in my front yard. The red of the branches is a thin, sheer under layer and the creamy robin’s egg blue sky light-filled sky was...

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2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite

Spring Rhododendron II Cyanotype Painting, Signed, 18x12
Spring Rhododendron II Cyanotype Painting, Signed, 18x12

Spring Rhododendron II Cyanotype Painting, Signed, 18x12

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Summer Woods III (40 x 26 inch cyanotype painting)
Summer Woods III (40 x 26 inch cyanotype painting)

Summer Woods III (40 x 26 inch cyanotype painting)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process and the biggest the artist has ever made. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sensitive photo emulsion. The blue and white pattern seen in each leaf is a sun print or lensless photograph of tiny plants laid on top of the painted area. The tiny flowers in the pattern across the painted silhouette are of the same species as the larger painted flower. "Cow Parsnip" and "cow parsley" are common names for this giant white native Californian wildflower...

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2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Winter Light Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Landscape, 60 x 36 Inches
Winter Light Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Landscape, 60 x 36 Inches

Winter Light Acrylic Painting, Contemporary Landscape, 60 x 36 Inches

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

The calm shades of a winter sky at sunrise. The silhouette of long graceful liquid ambar tree branches hanging low. The edges of the leaves are not sharp but are softened as if the w...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Graphite

Sunrise Magnolia (Framed 13 x 13 inch acrylic painting on wood panel)
Sunrise Magnolia (Framed 13 x 13 inch acrylic painting on wood panel)

Sunrise Magnolia (Framed 13 x 13 inch acrylic painting on wood panel)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

The different darker and lighter layers of this painting are thin and sheer, each showing through the next, which gives a softness and glow. You can see the dark pencil lines outlini...

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2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Birch, Paint, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel, Graphite

Spring Forest Floor Cyanotype Painting on Arches Paper, 30 x 22.5 in
Spring Forest Floor Cyanotype Painting on Arches Paper, 30 x 22.5 in

Spring Forest Floor Cyanotype Painting on Arches Paper, 30 x 22.5 in

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Autumn Garden Cyanotype Painting on Rag Paper, Contemporary Botanical, 17 x 11"
Autumn Garden Cyanotype Painting on Rag Paper, Contemporary Botanical, 17 x 11"

Autumn Garden Cyanotype Painting on Rag Paper, Contemporary Botanical, 17 x 11"

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Morning Sky Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary, Unframed, 28x22"
Morning Sky Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary, Unframed, 28x22"

Morning Sky Oil Painting on Canvas, Contemporary, Unframed, 28x22"

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

A pale shell pink sky at sunrise seen through tree branches. These are branches of a Dancing Peacock Japanese maple tree with its huge 9-pointed leaves. This is essentially a paint...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite

Sunrise Japanese Maple II ( 36 x 36 inch Oil painting)
Sunrise Japanese Maple II ( 36 x 36 inch Oil painting)

Sunrise Japanese Maple II ( 36 x 36 inch Oil painting)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This is a painting of the Japanese maple in my front yard. The red of the branches is a thin, sheer under layer and the creamy robin’s egg blue sky light-filled sky was painted on to...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite

Delft Agapanthus VIII (24 x 18 inch cyanotype painting)
Delft Agapanthus VIII (24 x 18 inch cyanotype painting)

Delft Agapanthus VIII (24 x 18 inch cyanotype painting)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

Both painting and photograph, a painted print. This is a multistep combination of painting and a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s: cyanotype. The outline of th...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Spring Madrone III (30 x 22" cyanotype painting, cotton paper, signed
Spring Madrone III (30 x 22" cyanotype painting, cotton paper, signed

Spring Madrone III (30 x 22" cyanotype painting, cotton paper, signed

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Spring Eucalyptus (18 x 24 inch cyanotype painting)
Spring Eucalyptus (18 x 24 inch cyanotype painting)

Spring Eucalyptus (18 x 24 inch cyanotype painting)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Spring Rhododendron I (18 x 12 inch cyanotype painting)
Spring Rhododendron I (18 x 12 inch cyanotype painting)

Spring Rhododendron I (18 x 12 inch cyanotype painting)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Delft Agapanthus (cyanotype painting framed to 35 x 28")
Delft Agapanthus (cyanotype painting framed to 35 x 28")

Delft Agapanthus (cyanotype painting framed to 35 x 28")

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals are different from those used in black and white photography. The light-sensitive chemicals can be used to print blue and white photographs from a large negative or a person can capture the silhouette of solid objects rather like an x-ray in blue and white. In her Delft Garden series, artist Christine So first drew the outline of a plant in pencil and then painted it in a dark room —not paint– but with the cyanotype light-sensitive emulsion. When the painting had dried, she arranged plants on top of the painted silhouette in a pattern that would leave gaps like lace, carefully moved the entire bundle outside while still covered and then exposed the pattern multiple times at different angles to the sun, to achieve various shades of blue and white. The heavy cotton watercolor paper then needed to be thoroughly rinsed in order to stop the darkening process. The silhouette here is of the Giant California Tree...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Delft Madrone II (Framed 44 x 30 inch cyanotype painting)
Delft Madrone II (Framed 44 x 30 inch cyanotype painting)

Delft Madrone II (Framed 44 x 30 inch cyanotype painting)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

Framed to 44 x 30 x 2 inches. The artwork itself measures 40 x 26 inches. Arches 100% cotton watercolor paper framed in a white 2-inch deep solid wood box frame. The intricate patt...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Summer Poppies Cyanotype Painting on Rag Paper, Contemporary Botanical, 30x22"
Summer Poppies Cyanotype Painting on Rag Paper, Contemporary Botanical, 30x22"

Summer Poppies Cyanotype Painting on Rag Paper, Contemporary Botanical, 30x22"

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals are different from those used in black and white photography. The light-sensitive chemicals can be used to print blue and white photographs from a large negative or a person can capture the silhouette of solid objects rather like an x-ray in blue and white. In her Delft Garden series, artist Christine So first drew the outline of a plant in pencil and then painted it in a dark room —not paint– but with the cyanotype light-sensitive emulsion. When the painting had dried, she arranged plants on top of the painted silhouette in a pattern that would leave gaps like lace, carefully moved the entire bundle outside while still covered and then exposed the pattern multiple times at different angles to the sun, to achieve various shades of blue and white. The heavy cotton watercolor paper then needed to be thoroughly rinsed in order to stop the darkening process. The silhouette here is of the Giant California Tree...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Sunrise Bay Laurel (Framed 13 x 13 inch acrylic painting on wood panel)
Sunrise Bay Laurel (Framed 13 x 13 inch acrylic painting on wood panel)

Sunrise Bay Laurel (Framed 13 x 13 inch acrylic painting on wood panel)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

Painted on birch wood panel and framed in a 1.5 " deep white solid wood floater frame. The same frame is now on the other tree paintings this size by the artist, Afternoon Bay Laurel...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Birch, Paint, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel, Graphite

Sunrise Madrone (Framed acrylic painting: 21 x 21 inches)
Sunrise Madrone (Framed acrylic painting: 21 x 21 inches)

Sunrise Madrone (Framed acrylic painting: 21 x 21 inches)

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This is a monochromatic rendering of branches of the native Californian madrone tree. There are two shades of the same green, the darker leaves being the thin slightly translucent fi...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Acrylic

Creekside Madrone Cyanotype Painting on Rag Paper, Contemporary Botanical, 30x22
Creekside Madrone Cyanotype Painting on Rag Paper, Contemporary Botanical, 30x22

Creekside Madrone Cyanotype Painting on Rag Paper, Contemporary Botanical, 30x22

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This unique multistep technique is a combination of a painting and a photograph or monotype. Cyanotypes are a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s. The chemicals a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Delft Garden Cyanotype Painting on Cotton Paper, Signed, 24x18 Inch
Delft Garden Cyanotype Painting on Cotton Paper, Signed, 24x18 Inch

Delft Garden Cyanotype Painting on Cotton Paper, Signed, 24x18 Inch

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Spring Madrone V Cyanotype Painting, 22 x 30 inches on cotton paper, signed
Spring Madrone V Cyanotype Painting, 22 x 30 inches on cotton paper, signed

Spring Madrone V Cyanotype Painting, 22 x 30 inches on cotton paper, signed

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

In her Delft Garden series, artist Christine So first drew the outline of a plant in pencil and then painted it in a dark room —not paint– but with the cyanotype light-sensitive emu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Spring Madrone IV Cyanotype Painting, 22 x 30 inches on cotton paper, signed
Spring Madrone IV Cyanotype Painting, 22 x 30 inches on cotton paper, signed

Spring Madrone IV Cyanotype Painting, 22 x 30 inches on cotton paper, signed

By Christine So

Located in Oakland, CA

In her Delft Garden series, artist Christine So first drew the outline of a plant in pencil and then painted it in a dark room —not paint– but with the cyanotype light-sensitive emu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Christine So Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Monotype, Photogram

Christine So paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Christine So paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Christine So in mixed media, monotype, paper and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Christine So paintings, so small editions measuring 18 inches across are available. Christine So paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $500 and tops out at $1,400, while the average work can sell for $700.