Gallery - Margaret Christianson

I am always looking for different ways to interpret and understand the world around me in my paintings and drawings. I use a variety of medium such as acrylic paints, pens, and mixed medium on canvas and paper to achieve these ideas.

2021 Artwork

Enjoying creating these little artist’s books also known as accordion books.

This series of paintings were created while on holidays in South Gippsland this summer.

2020 Escape to South West Victoria…

Biblio Art Prize 2020

Blarney Books & Art in Port Fair ran a fabulous art competition known as Biblio Art Prize. The fiction book I received was by Australian author Anna Krien – Act of Grace.

I was selected as one of the finalist and now happy to say it was bought by a Melbourne collector.

I read it then created this artwork River Crossing. Act of Grace is a beautifully written, but tragic and dark story telling how the four protagonists are affected by their traumatic life experiences. I have depicted them as four living trees, whose intertwined branches and roots reflect their crossed paths and interconnected encounters. Each tree carries symbols telling of key events in the characters’ lives – look closely and the identity of each becomes clear. In order to heal all four must cross the swirling river of life.

River Crossing
60 x 90cm
acrylic on canvas

2020 Artwork created in COVID19

While in Melbourne was in lockdown Covid19. I created this gallery of artwork from June to November. I am so thankful that I have my art and our home studio to work from.