by Christy Strickler | Apr 3, 2025 | Portfolio, Ready to Nest
Materials: Acrylic Paint, Embroidery Floss, on Watercolor paper Size: 9 x 12 Inches, 22.9 x 30.5 cm When I was a child, I started painting with paint by numbers. I had a desk in front of a window in my room. Outside the window, my father had placed a bird feeder....
by Christy Strickler | Apr 3, 2025 | Portfolio, Ready to Nest
Materials: Acrylic Paint, Embroidery Floss, on Watercolor paper Size: 11 x 16 inches, 27.9 x 40.6 cm She does not know where the front door is but she does have the key. The...
by Christy Strickler | Apr 3, 2025 | Portfolio, Ready to Nest
Materials: Acrylic Paint, Embroidery Floss, on Watercolor paper Size: 9 x 12 Inches, 22.9 x 30.5 cm The idea of home feels stronger. Sometimes, that idea manifests as a feeling. That feeling is symbolically embodied in this painting. The character carries a...
by Christy Strickler | Apr 3, 2025 | Portfolio, Ready to Nest
materials: cotton, corn starch glue, acrylic paint Size: 7 inches x 6 inches x 3 inches She sits in a quiet moment of reflection, holding a small nest in her hands. Inside it rests the first shape of a home that has just emerged. It is new, gentle, a bit wobbly, but...
by Christy Strickler | Apr 3, 2025 | Portfolio, Ready to Nest
Materials: Acrylic Paint, Embroidery Floss, on Watercolor paper Size: 9 x 12 Inches, 22.9 x 30.5 cm She sits inside the nest feeling a bit small and looking worried. A large bird sits watch over her. Brooding takes on two meanings here. The woman is lost in...
by Christy Strickler | Dec 30, 2024 | Portfolio, Time
Materials: cotton thread, fabric and acrylic paint on canvas 24 cm x 30 cm Multitasking from a Woman’s Perspective is a mixed media painting using cotton thread, fabric, and acrylic paint on canvas. The artwork explores Western culture’s obsession with productivity...
