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Christine Eckerfield
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Website http://www.christineeckerfield.com >> This web site features photos of the artist's work.

Personal Statement: I love the landscape because of its endless beauty and visual variety. It is exciting and mysterious to me. Much of my work is about capturing fleeting qualities such as light, weather, atmosphere, and time of day. I also explore the abstract elements of nature, such as color, pattern, line, and shape.

I am connected spiritually to nature; it gives me comfort, hope, and joy. I am drawn to the landscape because it reflects my life: its ever-changing quality; lightness and darkness; boldness and quiet; beginnings and endings.
Current Work
My current pastels are partially funded with a grant from the Pinellas County Arts Council. I have been painting mainly at Honeymoon Island and Fort DeSoto Park. These parks are unbelievably beautiful.

Florida is a wonderful place to paint. The color and light are amazing. The ocean and sky seem so immense. Clouds roll in and out quickly. The palm trees are striking; I love how the light filters through the palm fronds. The rhythm of the ocean waves is hypnotizing. When the waves roll in over the sand, a pearlescent color is created. I never know what to expect when I go out to paint in the morning and evening. Everything changes so fast. Afternoons are bold and vivid.

I am looking forward to continuing my work as an artist here in Florida.
Short Bio
The paintings of award-winning artist Christine Eckerfield have been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield, Massachusetts; the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands, California; the Fort Walter Beach Art Museum in Fort Walter Beach, Florida; the Bonfoey Company Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio; and the Marty Whaley Adams Gallery, in Charleston, South Carolina.

Eckerfield is a 2006 recipient of the Pinellas County Arts Council Grant for Individual Artists in Clearwater, Florida. In addition, her work is included in private and corporate collections, including those of Ernst and Young, McDonald and Company Securities, and The Marriot. Eckerfield received a B.F.A. and M.FA. from Kent State University.
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Artist Location
Valrico, FL

Type of artist
Painter/Sculptor
General Themes
Environment, Religion/Spirituality, Art Forms/Art Criticism, Peace/Conflict Resolution, Mental Health/Psychology
Last updated on August 21st, 2006

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