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March Sea - Small Detailed Seascape, Watercolor on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Frothy waves fill the foreground and meld into a turbulent sky in this small, intricate watercolor by artist Christina Haglid. She is able to achieve a detail rarely seen in waterco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Trio - Watercolor Seascape and Flower on Archival Paper, Matted and Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Grey Rainbow, Surreal Landscape, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Low Cloud - Watercolor Seascape and Tree of Canoes on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Blue Thunbergia - watercolor flower and landscape on paper - Christina Haglid
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Christina Haglid
Blue Thunbergia
watercolor on paper
7.25h x 4.50w in
18.41h x 11.43w cm
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
16.75h x 13.75w x 0.75d in
42.55h x 34.92w x 1.91d cm
CMH008
Artist's S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Jettisoned, Hand Colored Lithograph, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Donald Owen Colley
Jettisoned, 2016
hand colored lithograph
15h x 22.50w in
38.10h x 57.15w cm
DOC002
Photography is the frozen look… whereas art is the sustained look. One of the m...
Category
2010s Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink, Lithograph
Sentinel - Mountain Lions in Graphite on Antique Vellum Architectural Drawing
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Vellum, Graphite
Cloud Record - Puffy Clouds and Light , Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Bent Rainbow - Weather Phenomenon Scene, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Basilica di San Marco, Venezia - Original Drawing - Christopher Ganz
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
Christopher Ganz
Basilica di San Marco, Venezia, 2020
white ink, chalk & colored pencil on paper
12h x 18w in
30.48h x 45.72w cm
CG0079
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Ink, Color Pencil
Midnight Nest, Surreal Landscape, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Monolith No. 5, Surreal Botanical, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Christina Haglid
Monolith No. 5
watercolor and gouache on paper
8h x 9w in
20.32h x 22.86w cm
CMH071
Artist's Statement
Tiny Sanctuaries
There has always been an intersection betwee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Gentle Winter - Geometric Organic Nature Scene, Watercolor
Gouache, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Night Forest, Surreal Landscape, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
L
Ingresso al Canale di Cannaregio Lungo - Original Drawing - Christopher Ganz
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
Christopher Ganz
L'Ingresso al Canale di Cannaregio Lungo
2020
white ink, chalk & colored pencil on black paper
12h x 18w in
30.48h x 45.72w cm
CG0078
-ARTI...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Ink, Color Pencil
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic 1930s, WPA era industrial scene watercolor of steel mill and factory workers by notable Chicago Modern artist, Harold Haydon. A wonderful example of the artwork from the e...
Category
1930s American Modern Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Plat Survey - Trees in Graphite on Antique Vellum Architectural Drawing
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Vellum, Graphite
"Memory of Leaves, " Charcoal on Paper
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo creates dynamic compositions of people and places that communicate a rich commentary on the world around him. Depicting trees from personal encounters, Surdo’s latest body of work entitled “Tree Spirits” takes us on a foray into the forest, where leaves, branches and burls express something deeply personal. Applying his mastery of figurative realism to the natural world, he experiments with form and texture to uncover the intangible spirits of trees.
This charcoal drawing entitled “Memory of Leaves” beautifully illustrates the branching form of a mature birch tree. Loosely drawn with informal, sketch-like linework, the tree is shown in the middle of winter, bare of leaves and white with frost. Surdo’s skillful placement of shadow illustrates the forking branches with incredible texture and effortless realism. The intricate play of light and dark is accentuated by the stark white background, a negative space that isolates the tree in space and time.
Restricting the composition to only a portion of the tree trunk, Surdo accentuates the tree’s abstract form, lingering on areas of unusual shape or texture. Seeking to convey the strong emotional response elicited by his initial encounter with the tree, Surdo focuses on the tree’s sculptural form, contrasting the strong trunk...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
View of Siena with the Duomo - Ink and Crayon Drawing, Matted and Framed
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
The loose hash marks come together in this colored pen and conte crayon drawing of the Tuscan countryside with a view into Siena with its fabulous Duomo. This piece is matted with a buttery hued mat and framed in a simple oak colored wooden frame measuring 15h x 18w inches.
Christopher Ganz
View of Siena with the Duomo
colored pens & conte crayon
11h x 14w in
27.94h x 35.56w cm
CG0052
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis
personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my
narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I
use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered
reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art
historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an
Everyman who is at odds with society and his self.
Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its
overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their
tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow
seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid.
This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world
through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light.
-BIO-
Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey, and Michael Mazur. Christopher is now an associate professor of printmaking and drawing at Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne. Christopher drawings are represented by Ann Nathan Gallery in Chicago, and he shows his prints across the nation.
-CV-
EDUCATION
MFA 2001 Printmaking Indiana University-Bloomington
BFA 1995 Drawing and Printmaking University of Missouri-Columbia
TEACHING/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002-13 Associate Professor, Printmaking and Drawing
Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), Fort Wayne, IN
2002 Adjunct Professor: Lithography (instructor of record)
Indiana University-Bloomington
1998-00 Associate Instructor: Beginning Drawing (instructor of record)
Indiana University-Bloomington
1998 Artist’s Assistant, Assisted Distinguished Professor Emeritus Rudy Pozzatti in
the production of an intaglio edition, Bloomington, IN
SOLO OR SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Multiplicities: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz, Franklin College, Franklin, IN
Feb. 5 – Feb. 21
2012 Dramatis Personae: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz,
University of South Carolina-Columbia, Jan 16. – Feb. 16, 2012
2011 Christopher Ganz; Prints and Drawing
Hendrix College, Hendrix, Arkansas, March 5 - 18
2009 Fall Season Exhibition, six drawings displayed
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago. Oct 16 – Nov. 24
South Bend Museum of Art Biennial 25 - regional juried exhibition for artists in all media,
six large drawings displayed; 14 artists selected from over 200 submissions; May 30-Aug. 23
Juror: William Lieberman, Director of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
2007 Christopher Ganz: Drawings, The Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center
Covington, KY, March 9 - April 6
Alter Egos: Drawings and Prints by Christopher Ganz
Trisolini Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, OH, Jan. 9 - Feb.17
2005 The Two-Way Mirror: Self - Portraits by Christopher Ganz
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, Aug.20 - Oct. 23
2004 Works on Paper: Christopher Ganz and Paul Schumann
Robert E. Wilson Gallery, Huntington College, Huntington, IN, Sept. 2 - 25
2002 Images by Christopher Ganz - Visual Arts Gallery
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, Sept. 3 – Oct. 11
2001 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition - School of Fine Arts Gallery
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March 27 - April 7
SELECTED ADJUDICATED OR INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
International Expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago, Drawing,
“The Initiation” on display in Ann Nathan Gallery space, Nov. 2-4
Reverse Watching...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen, Crayon
Travelers - Small Scale Original Nautical Painting in Soft Color and High Detail
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is both strange and intimate. It depicts a small wooden boat floating on the water and two "passengers" in the form of a leafless tree and shrub. The placid water and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Cloud Lake - Highly Detailed Surreal Landscape, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Nest, Highly Detailed Surreal Botanical, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
This surreal landscape comes from the inner sanctum of artist Christina Haglid. Two paper orbs combine and reveal a portal to another dimension. The artist invites the viewer to take a closer look at nature, to question what is seen and to enter into a newly created world. Meticulous in her execution, Haglid uses watercolor as one might use a colored pencil. 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.
Christina Haglid
Nest, 2020
watercolor and gouache on paper
11h x 8w in
27.94h x 20.32w cm
CMH051
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 night...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Willow - Botanical Watercolor
Gouache on Paper with Single Bud Vase and Tree
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
A single bud vase, a willow tree seeming to grow inside a confined vessel, all appearing to float upon a sea of moving water are the subjects of Christ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Bright Ocean, Highly Detailed Surreal Landscape, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
A paper lantern explodes out of the water, as if propelled by an inner, unknown force. This surreal landscape is done in exacting detail with watercolor and gouache down to the smal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
One Potato - Tiny Original Still Life Painting of a Potato on Deckled Edge Paper
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
"One Potato", by Christina Haglid, is a meticulously detailed watercolor of a potato. The paper had a deckled edge and matted with a heavy white mat. The piece is framed in a white wood frame with a heavy white mat measuring 14h x 10.5w inches.
Christina Haglid
One Potato
watercolor and gouache on paper
4.50h x 2.50w in
11.43h x 6.35w cm
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 night which will return to its purpose during the day. My intention is to not show the failure because I imagine all these objects make it through to better times. Allegories of survival. Someone comes by and finds the paper crane, the rowboat owners return and see their boat undisturbed, and the slide during the day brings joy.
EDUCATION
1993 M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
1991 B.F.A., Maryland Institute, College of Art
1990 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS
2019 "Tiny Sanctuaries", Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2015 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 “Gallery Group” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Meticulous Details: Conservators' Paintings" The Architrouve, Chicago, IL
2010 “Art Chicago” Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 “Botanica” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Botanicus” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Arts Botanica” Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2005 “Blumen: Group Show” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004-05 “Think Small” Illinois State Museum, IL [traveled]
“Christina Haglid: Microworlds” Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC [solo exhibition]
2004 “Art Chicago” Navy Pier, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 “Small to Mighty” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 “Art of the 20th Century” NY Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, NY, NY
“Art Chicago” Navy Pier, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 “Group Fusion” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 "Small & Mighty II" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Christina Haglid, New Work and Amy Lowry-Poole, Bugs and Buds" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 “Small & Mighty” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Views II” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 “Maleri” Galleri Carl Michael Bellman, Stockholm, Sweden
“1987 – 1997, A Skowhegan Decade, Alumni Exhibition and Benefit Auction” David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY
“On and Off the Wall, Gallery Group” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 “15 x 15” (Alumni Exhibition), Thesis Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1996 “Small Works” Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL., Special Recognition Award
1994 “Unknown Chicago” Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
“15 x 15” (Alumni Exhibition), Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1993 “Graduate Summer Exhibition” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Graduate Thesis Exhibition” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Michigan Fine Arts Competition” Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI
1992 “Word of Mouth” Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1991 “Drawing: A Covert and Private Affair” West Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
“Senior Exhibition” Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1990 “Fiber Exhibition” Fox Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Janus, Botanical Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, 2 Bud Vases with Purple Flowers
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Two bud vases seemingly defy gravity as they teeter upon a watery surface in Christina Haglid's "Janus". This meticulously detailed watercolor invites the viewer to take a closer look at nature, to question what is seen and to enter into a newly created world. Intricate in her execution, Haglid uses watercolor as one might use a colored pencil. Layer upon layer of color is added to achieve this impressively detailed painting.
Christina Haglid
Janus
watercolor and gouache on paper
11h x 8w in
21.75h x 18w framed
CMH031
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 night...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Canopy, Trees Emerging from a Vase, Botanical Watercolor
Gouache on Paper
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Tree roots emerge from a vase to create a forest of trees in Christina Haglid's "Canopy". The artist invites the viewer to take a closer look at nature, to question what is seen and to enter into a newly created world. Meticulous in her execution, Haglid uses watercolor as one might use a colored pencil. Layer upon layer of color is added to achieve this impressively detailed painting.
Christina Haglid
Canopy
watercolor and gouache on paper
11h x 8w in
21.75h x 18w in framed
CMH033
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Cactus - Small Scale Original Painting on Panel of a Saguaro Cactus
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
"Cactus", by Christina Haglid, is a painstakingly detailed watercolor of a Saguaro Cactus on panel. Each needle from the cactus is evident in this small scale painting. The background gives the idea that is a scene from a solarium with its blurred window panes. The piece is floated within a white wood frame and measures 4.75h x 3.75w inches.
Christina Haglid
Cactus
watercolor and gouache on panel
4h x 3w in
10.16h x 7.62w cm
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 night...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Panel
The Belltower of Piza, a Pleine Aire Study in Pen and Chalk, Matted and Framed
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful pleine aire study of the Leaning Bell Tower of Pisa is by Christopher Ganz. This drawing is matted and framed in a metallic frame measuring 17.5h x 14w inches.
Christopher Ganz
The Belltower of Piza
colored pens & chalk
11h x 8w in
27.94h x 20.32w cm
CG0003
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis
personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my
narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I
use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered
reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art
historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an
Everyman who is at odds with society and his self.
Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its
overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their
tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow
seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid.
This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world
through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light.
-BIO-
Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pen
Korean Hanging Scroll of Bamboo, Prunus, and Orchids
Located in Chicago, IL
This Korean hanging scroll from the mid-20th century honors traditional calligraphy painting with delicate detail and a refined composition, thought to inspire clear and concise thinking. Expressing the beauty and resilience of nature’s flora, ink calligraphy artists traditionally select plants and flowers as the subjects of their works, each chosen for its auspicious meaning, literary resonance, or scholarly virtue.
This particular example depicts a quiet natural landscape of three plants growing side-by-side along a rocky hill. Strong bamboo stalks sway above a branch of delicate prunus branches, while elegant orchids blossom in the foreground. Each painted by a different artist, these sacred plants represent the cycle of the seasons: the plum blossom for winter, the orchid for spring, and the bamboo for summer. Brushed with black ink for a monochromatic expression, the painting relies on value rather than color to convey depth and texture within this simple setting. The collaborative painting is contrasted by a beautiful blue silk brocade border woven with a repeating pattern of blossoms and vines.
Each plant is signed individually in ink along with the artist’s seal.
Painting has been remounted. Includes a wooden scroll...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Paper, Ink
Blue Thumbergia, Botanical in Watercolor and Gouache, Matted and Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Christina Haglid
Blue Thunbergia
watercolor on paper
7.25h x 4.50w in
16.75h x 13.75w in framed
CMH008
Christina Haglid
Artist's Statement
I used to write a lot of poetry, and it has shaped the narrative process in my artwork. Now painting has replaced writing. Objects in the painting are considered like words placed on a page. I use flowers, manipulated objects, and architecture together in compositions to symbolize the subtle conversations and interactions between them. They are placed in imaginary landscapes that are inspired by actual places and travels.
All the paintings are watercolor and gouache on stonehendge paper, and they are made up almost entirely of individual brushstrokes.
EDUCATION
1993 M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
1991 B.F.A., Maryland Institute, College of Art
1990 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS
2015 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 “Gallery Group” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Meticulous Details: Conservators' Paintings" The Architrouve, Chicago, IL
2010 “Art Chicago” Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 “Botanica” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Botanicus” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Arts Botanica” Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2005 “Blumen: Group Show” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004-05 “Think Small” Illinois State Museum, IL [traveled]
“Christina Haglid: Microworlds” Greenville...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
"Literary Garden, " Chinese Scroll Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Exquisitely painted with delicate line work and a subdued color palette, this Chinese scroll painting is an early 20th century reproduction of a famous...
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Paper, Ink
Untitled Drawing by William O
Brien (INV# NP4044)
Located in Morton Grove, IL
William O'Brien
Untitled Drawing (INV# NP4044)
ink on paper
11.88 x 9" (30 x 23 cm)
2004
signed by artist
provenance - The Nevica Project
Chicago-based artist William J. O’Brien is ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Broken Spirit, " Charcoal on Paper
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
"Faith, " Charcoal on Paper, 2023
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo creates dynamic compositions of people and places that communicate a rich commentary on the world around him. Depicting trees from personal encounters, Surdo’s latest body of work entitled “Tree Spirits” takes us on a foray into the forest, where leaves, branches and burls express something deeply personal. Applying his mastery of figurative realism to the natural world, he experiments with form and texture to uncover the intangible spirits of trees.
Entitled “Faith,” this small-scale charcoal drawing depicts a tree trunk carved with two deep cuts in the shape of a cross. The carving has healed over, assimilated into the bark as just another interesting detail. Up close, the work is loosely drawn with a heavy hand, but from afar, the natural scene still achieves a sense of realism. The tree trunk is conveyed through chaotic scribbling and aggressive strokes of light and dark charcoal, resulting in a pattern that simulates the rough texture of bark. Light falls softly on the tree, illuminating its form against the dark, atmospheric surroundings.
The striking imagery of this work conveys the strong emotional response elicited by Surdo’s personal encounter with this tree. Restricting the composition to only the scarred portion of the tree trunk, Surdo focuses on symbolism of the cross carved into the tree’s side. The carving was inflicted upon the tree by an individual, whether as an act of graffiti or the object of adoration. Despite this wound, the tree persists and grows, adapting and changing until the mark is but another interesting detail. The tree’s spirit endures and speaks to the strength it takes to heal oneself, whether physically or mentally.
Charcoal on paper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Japanese Riverside Landscape Scroll, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Although Western painting was initially embraced during Japan’s Meiji period (1868–1912), artists brought on a revival of traditional painting styles as they sought to create a moder...
Category
Early 20th Century Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silk, Paper, Ink
Emerald - Surreal Landscape, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Juniper Skyway - Trees and Ocean Scene, Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Cloud Stone - Geometric Shapes with Cloud Clusters, Watercolor and Gouache
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Little Moon, Tiny Landscape with Moon and Tree atop Geometric Column, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Open Skies - Weather and Flora Stacked Landscape Scene, Original Artwork, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Neowise - Comet Passing Through Geometric Landscape at Night, Original Artwork
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
My work is about something I wish I could have seen, imaginary worlds, a commentary on awe that is inspired by nature, science, and history. Objects in my work are a stand in for the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Brick Light - Geometric Organic Scene, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Framed
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
Christina Haglid
Brick Light
watercolor and gouache on paper
11h x 8w in
27.94h x 20.32w cm
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
17.25h x 14.25w x 0.75d in
43.81h x 36.20w x 1.91d cm
CMH060
Artist's S...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Vase - Watercolor
Gouache on Paper, Purple Glass Vessel, Pale Blue
Beige
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
A small purple vase floats on a dreamy background of pale blues fading into a warm beige. The artist achieves a remarkable delicate quality by multip...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Late March - Highly Detailed Surreal Landscape, Watercolor
Gouache on Paper
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Double Blind, Still Life with Sun Kissed Paper Lanterns
Blooming Flower
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
A single bloom is captured inside a paper lantern atop a table in Christina Haglid's "Double Blind". This small, exquisite watercolor is awash in sunlight streaming in through parti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Steam - Nasturtium Flower Encased in a Paper Lantern on Wayward Seas, Watercolor
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
"Steam", by Christina Haglid, is a small, exquisite watercolor. A single nasturtium is suspended inside a paper lantern, floating on turbulent water, the steam escaping from the lantern propelling it forward. The fragility of the environment has always played an important role in Haglid's work. As a child growing up on the East Coast, the ever changing seaside landscapes intrigued her. This fragile balance between nature and her subject matter is as delicate as a paper lantern floating on the ocean.
Christina Haglid
Steam, 2019
watercolor and gouache on paper
8h x 9w in
18.75h x 19w in framed
CMH034
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 night which will return to its purpose during the day. My intention is to not show the failure because I imagine all these objects make it through to better times. Allegories of survival. Someone comes by and finds the paper crane, the rowboat owners return and see their boat undisturbed, and the slide during the day brings joy.
EDUCATION
1993 M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
1991 B.F.A., Maryland Institute, College of Art
1990 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
EXHIBITIONS
2019 "Tiny Sanctuaries", Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2015 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 "Gallery Group" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2011 “Gallery Group” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Meticulous Details: Conservators' Paintings" The Architrouve, Chicago, IL
2010 “Art Chicago” Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 “Botanica” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Botanicus” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 “Arts Botanica” Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
2005 “Blumen: Group Show” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004-05 “Think Small” Illinois State Museum, IL [traveled]
“Christina Haglid: Microworlds” Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC [solo exhibition]
2004 “Art Chicago” Navy Pier, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 “Small to Mighty” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002 “Art of the 20th Century” NY Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, NY, NY
“Art Chicago” Navy Pier, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 “Group Fusion” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 "Small & Mighty II" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Christina Haglid, New Work and Amy Lowry-Poole, Bugs and Buds" Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 “Small & Mighty” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Views II” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 “Maleri” Galleri Carl Michael Bellman, Stockholm, Sweden
“1987 – 1997, A Skowhegan Decade, Alumni Exhibition and Benefit Auction” David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY
“On and Off the Wall, Gallery Group” Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997 “15 x 15” (Alumni Exhibition), Thesis Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1996 “Small Works” Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL., Special Recognition Award
1994 “Unknown Chicago” Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
“15 x 15” (Alumni Exhibition), Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1993 “Graduate Summer Exhibition” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Graduate Thesis Exhibition” Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Michigan Fine Arts Competition” Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, MI
1992 “Word of Mouth” Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1991 “Drawing: A Covert and Private Affair” West Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
“Senior Exhibition” Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1990 “Fiber Exhibition” Fox Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Rainbow Shell - Watercolor of a Tiny Rainbow Colored Shell on a Blue Background
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
"Rainbow", by Christina Haglid, is a meticulously detailed watercolor of a tiny sea shell painted on a blue starry background. The paper had a deckled edge and matted with a heavy w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
North Sea - Watercolor with Single Peach Colored Bloom, Blue Vase
Wayward Seas
By Christina Haglid
Located in Chicago, IL
"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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Chicago - Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
