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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic, Watercolor on Paper
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Framing :
Synthetic board
under glass
Framed - Dimensions : 9x13.8in
About this artwork
My work has focused on the way we use photography and social media to construct our memories. I try to create paintings that reflect that unattainable dream like quality of our memories. I have inherited thousands of family photographs, my family was in the photo engraving and processing business for over 75 years, and have been archiving them. Going through them I've been amazed by the common themes and imagery that I've used in my own work. My…
new work is focusing on creating a blend of my own history with my family history and where those images begin to combine and blur together.
This painting is from a series based on the artists family photographs, exploring the way memory distorts over time. This painting is of a country club cocktail party in the 1970s.
This painting is Gouache, ink, watercolor and liquid acrylic on Yupo paper. The painting is floated on archival matte in a 16 x 20 inch white wood box frame with uv protectant glass.
This painting is from a series based on the artists family photographs, exploring the way memory distorts over time. This painting is of a country club cocktail party in the 1970s.
This painting is Gouache, ink, watercolor and liquid acrylic on Yupo paper. The painting is floated on archival matte in a 16 x 20 inch white wood box frame with uv protectant glass.
Christy Powers
United States
Credentials
- International Exposure
- Experienced Artist
- Art Fair Participant
- Works on commission
« I try to create paintings that reflect that unattainable dream-like quality of our memories. »
Christy Powers is an experienced artist from the United States whose paintings have been exhibited internationally. Powers creates work based on the way we use photography and social media to construct our memory, starting each painting from an image. The resulting artworks are familiar and strange windows into the lives of others, sparking personal associations in the mind of the viewer.