beCAUSE Craft Fair 2010
Ross Sports Center, St. Michael’s College in Burlington
Saturday March 20, from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
I am honored to have been asked to sponsor the Green Mountain United Way at the BeCause art and craft show in Burlington. There will be over 100 artist booths with 50% of all profits going to various non-profits and honored VT Charities. I will have a booth set up with several paintings, prints, cards, and photography. Come on out to see our wonderful Vermont artists and support this great cause.
Hello dear friend and art enthusiast!
Last year treated me well and although I painted far too little - I sold a lot! Which means you like um you really like um!! So due to popular demand and mostly due to an uncompromising demand on myself to produce and share more of it, I'm happy to say that a blog is born!
I'm hoping, as I learn to navigate this beast, it will bring me a great sense of organization and allow me to make and keep better connections with you!! I hope to update this site regularly with new original images, works, or shows.
- I'm really excited about some of my totally new abstracts so check it out and pass this along to anyone you think might be interested! Be sure to leave me with your info or thoughts!
Happy Holidays and here's to another year of laughs and friendship!!
As a child I would sit for hours in the yellow light of our Vermont barn mesmerized by images I found in mountains of forgotten vintage magazines. I was fascinated by the timeless appeal of these idealistic illustrations and colorful advertisements, they seemed to mimic our family life in this charming small town. I was a young adult when we moved west to Colorado; an exciting new adventure with jutting purple ridges tearing through the skyline and ruthless mesas and canyons to explore. It was there I stumbled upon Time/Life publications and discovered, through photo journalism, I was able to share quiet moments as well as colossal events with the world. I went back in time and wanted for the future. I sobbed with fear and I laughed with tears at all that was humanity. I learned that throughout time and unaffected by change we remain universally connected by emotion, connected through imagery and art.
As an adult I have occupied many states and career’s... However, I have always felt my roots as an artist were formed here in Vermont. So, in hopes of relocating that magic, I returned here and found a barn to paint in. Little did I know how addicted I would become to the smell of Linseed oil and the ‘shi-shick’ of the shutter. I love capturing these little slices of life undistracted by the rest of the world. I am drawn to the texture of forgotten painted doors and windows using them to deify time and create a seepage through it. Collage allows me to use some of my many photo’s blended with paintings and other images to manifest something I could never realize of my own accord, creating a passage through dream and reality.
However, it is wrestling with the stubborn characteristics of oils that I am most satisfied - I see myself becoming an impressionist, using bold colors full of light hues and dark secrets. I still have many inspirations and I am not content playing with only one media; yet, it is remarkable to see a distinct and consistent palate as well as a surprising affinity toward abstraction. I never imagined this would be my progression but the paint and I have come to an understanding, I paint to the best of my ability then let go..... and there is that magic. Granted, sometimes the most I create is a swampy grey mess to roll my fingers through, but when it does work - it is the most unexplainable and gratifying feeling.
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Christa Mans
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