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Oakland, CA
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About Christine So

Christine So is an American printmaker, photographer and painter living in the hills across the bay from San Francisco. She works in acrylics and cyanotype, the blue and white antique photographic process. Though best known for her cyanotype photographs of forests shrouded in fog, she produces radically different effects with the same medium. Of note are her paintings on paper using the light-sensitive cyanotype solution within which she then prints a pattern. The multiple-day process depends on being able to see while painting in a dark room so as to not expose the li...Read More

Christine So

Established in 20181stDibs seller since 2024

Featured Pieces

Sunrise Slope (12 x 16 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 5)
Located in Oakland, CA
A single oak tree in a meadow with the grass aglow in early morning. These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. This is a photograph printe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Sunrise Slope (12 x 16 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 5)

Christine So
Sunrise Slope (12 x 16 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 5), 2025

Sunrise Ridge, edition 2 of 10 (Hand-printed cyanotype, 16 x 24 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is the larger hand-printed version of the same blue and white landscape also available in a 12 x 18 inch size. This is a hand-printed contact photograph using the antique cyan...
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Sunrise Ridge, edition 2 of 10 (Hand-printed cyanotype, 16 x 24 inches)

Christine So
Sunrise Ridge, edition 2 of 10 (Hand-printed cyanotype, 16 x 24 inches), 2024

The Day Begins Cyanotype, 8.5 x 11 in., ed. 1 of 3, Contemporary Landscape
Located in Oakland, CA
These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. The paths are crowded with towering eucalyptus, bay laurel and madrone tr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

The Day Begins Cyanotype, 8.5 x 11 in., ed. 1 of 3, Contemporary Landscape

Christine So
The Day Begins Cyanotype, 8.5 x 11 in., ed. 1 of 3, Contemporary Landscape, 2026

Sunlight on the Meadow (12 x 16 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 10)
Located in Oakland, CA
A single oak tree in a meadow with the grass aglow in early morning. These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. This is a photograph printe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Sunlight on the Meadow (12 x 16 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 10)

Christine So
Sunlight on the Meadow (12 x 16 inch cyanotype, ed. 1 of 10), 2025

Bending Pine (hand-printed cyanotype, 35 x 21" , edition 1 of 3)
Located in Oakland, CA
This graceful bending tree disappearing into the morning mist is a Monterey pine. They are found all along the coast of California from Carmel to San Francisco and all the way up nor...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Bending Pine (hand-printed cyanotype, 35 x 21" , edition 1 of 3)

Christine So
Bending Pine (hand-printed cyanotype, 35 x 21" , edition 1 of 3), 2026

Winter Woods, edition 2 of 5 (hand-printed cyanotype, 17.5 x 11 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
The moody scene of a shady bend in a forest path was captured at dawn on a winter's day. The sky is beginning to brighten. The tall narrow format accentuates the height of the tower...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

Winter Woods, edition 2 of 5 (hand-printed cyanotype, 17.5 x 11 inches)

Christine So
Winter Woods, edition 2 of 5 (hand-printed cyanotype, 17.5 x 11 inches), 2024

The Day Begins, 11 x 17 in., Cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3, Contemporary Landscape
Located in Oakland, CA
These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. The paths are crowded with towering eucalyptus, bay laurel and madrone tr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

The Day Begins, 11 x 17 in., Cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3, Contemporary Landscape

Christine So
The Day Begins, 11 x 17 in., Cyanotype, ed. 1 of 3, Contemporary Landscape, 2026

The Journey's End II (Hand-printed cyanotype, 27 x 15 inches, ed 4 of 5)
Located in Oakland, CA
Hand-printed original cyanotype photograph on cold press cotton watercolor paper with straight edges. Only two hand-printed editions of this size remain. This is one of 5 prints m...
Category

2010s Realist Landscape Photography

Materials

Photogram

The Journey's End II (Hand-printed cyanotype, 27 x 15 inches, ed 4 of 5)

Christine So
The Journey's End II (Hand-printed cyanotype, 27 x 15 inches, ed 4 of 5), 2024

The Path Home, cyanotype, 6 x 11 in., Ed. 1 of 3, Contemporary Landscape
Located in Oakland, CA
Giant oak reach across a shady path in the woods, soft morning light glowing in the distance. These are the woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. The phot...
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Paper, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Photogram

The Path Home, cyanotype, 6 x 11 in., Ed. 1 of 3, Contemporary Landscape

Christine So
The Path Home, cyanotype, 6 x 11 in., Ed. 1 of 3, Contemporary Landscape, 2026

Winter Sunrise acrylic painting, Contemporary Landscape, 30x30 inches
Located in Oakland, CA
The cool 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 Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Winter Sunrise acrylic painting, Contemporary Landscape, 30x30 inches

Christine So
Winter Sunrise acrylic painting, Contemporary Landscape, 30x30 inches, 2026

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

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite

Sunset Oak (Framed 36 x 36 inch acrylic painting)

Christine So
Sunset Oak (Framed 36 x 36 inch acrylic painting), 2026

Sunrise Japanese Maple II ( 36 x 36 inch Oil painting)
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 Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite

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

Christine So
Sunrise Japanese Maple II ( 36 x 36 inch Oil painting), 2025

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