Christy Mitchell has been absorbed with
art from early childhood, winning first place in a county fair elementary
school exhibition. She concentrated on art and design courses throughout
her high school years and began serious study for her artistic career in
the 1970's, attending the Vancouver School of Art. A decade of working for
a living intervened before she returned to paint again, meanwhile
attending classes at the Alberta College of Art, and completing an
Associate Degree in Fine Art, with Distinction, at Kwantlen College,
British Columbia, Canada.
My work is landscape based, having to do with our connection to the
earth. Whether a piece is a floral study, a landscape, or an
abstract interpretation, the work will reflect my concern for 'seeing' and
interacting with our environment.
Trained as both a painter and a printmaker, the process Christy finds
most satisfying is the work with monotypes. The particular technique
she works with combines both disciplines, using oil paint and brushes to
create the image, plus the challenge of working backwards and not quite
knowing what will be revealed when the piece is pulled off the working
surface. A sense of adventure is necessary.
Christy usually works in 'series,' exploring a particular theme or
subject matter. Often she will return to a set of personal symbols
that she has referred to over the years of her art-making practice,
reworking them until something new and yet familiar results. Christy
works with a variety of subject matter, all landscape and garden based:
flowers, fruit, gardens, abstract and representative landscapes.
Christy's work is held in private collections across Canada, the United
States, Japan, Korea, Israel, England, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
Selected Corporate Collections: Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver; Genex
Corporation, Atkinson Insurance, Morgan Creek Golf Course.
