ceTina's Story - ceTina's Art
Vision
Tina (Christiane Evans) is the founder and creator of ceTina's Art, located in Pacifica, California.
Painting landscapes from imagination is what Tina loves best. No photos, no sketches, just whatever comes to mind. Her sceneries evoke a sense of calm, and in viewing these images, we are invited to take a breather and relax a little. Perhaps we remember familiar places, or imagine a journey to far away places we dream about.
Each of Tina's works is a journey of new discovery. Inspired by nature's colors and moods, she captures the impressions of a sunny day or a moonlit night. From visions in her minds eye, to the brush, to the canvas, and following the impressions of certain brush strokes, her landscapes evolve. She adds details from memory as she goes. In the end, what Tina paints are not renderings of actual locations; they are her "visions from a brush".
Journey
Tina has been drawing and sketching since she can remember. She drew flowers and nature using colored pencils, and then started sketching people. In grade school, she would sit in class secretely drawing ballerinas... She learned by experimenting on her own, progressing from pencils to ink to acrylics, and then to oils. Today, oil on canvas is her first love. Tina will occasionally use acrylic paints when quicker results are desired, and if the mood strikes, she sketches small images with pen or pencil.
While raising her children, Tina's professional journey ventured through various industries, ranging from Graphic Arts, Photo Lab work and Retail, to International Research, Auctions, and Banking. She didn't go to art school; she completed graduate school for a different goal that was also close to her heart: Conflict Resolution.
Originating from Europe, she traveled to various states in the US, visited Africa, took a quick trip to Paris, and studied in an international school where she conversed with people from all over the world. This was a great way to learn more about other cultures. Tina agrees with what a wise man once said: One who walks once around the room, is wiser than one who sits still.
In some ways she practiced this principle in her career. Though creativity was always calling in one form or another, Tina's path took wide turns in other directions. There was so much to learn. Finally, after a 20-year hiatus from art, she collected the old paints and brushes and pursued her talents once more. To her humble amazement, Tina's paintings ended up in a gallery. She gladly followed where the road leads. Today she is still painting her “visions from a brush”, and the journey continues.
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