Chrissie Calvert

A continuing problem in my work is how the material I've ben using as a painting surface has over-powered the image I paint on the...

Working with Coconut matt has thrown me a lot of curve balls. It falls apart quickly It can't support its own weight until it has been...

I work with imperfect materials. I find that painting on unique surfaces allows for the surface to play a more active role in the...

I've been thinking about what drives me to create. We had a lecture in the recent seminar about practice statements and how to break down...

Concepts and Constructs was the theme of the week. Our week was packed with artist talks, gallery visits and the the all important crits....

I really enjoy problem solving. Some of the fun of creating is working with the things that are going against you, and using them to...

At the beginning of this week there was torrential rain which flooded my studio. Thankfully most of my work was fine, although I did have...

At the moment I am exploring what I can do with hessian to make it an interesting paining surface, and what I can use as paint. Below are...

I was getting hung up on theory. I have a tendency to overthink, and that was inhibiting my creating. So for a little while I am...

Both Dystopia and Utopia exist. There is no separating one from the other. They are intrinsically bound. They are the western Yin and...

Imogen Taylor uses transparent primer. Her use of it may be rooted in her early employment at a professional art supplies shop, along...

I miss the textured feeling of Hessian. There is one major problem I find when I am painting Hessian. That problem is priming the...

Why a Cave? I've been thinking a lot lately about how humans today are basically the same physiologically as the first Homo Sapiens who...

What do you do? What sort of things do you make? Or capture? Or select? I like the feel of texture, the feel of paint on surface and...

House paint on Canvas. The process begins. With confident strokes of mistint. Painted on the floor. Kind of a meditation. Nothing more....

Below are the seeds of contextual interests I want to plant and grow throughout my MFA. Exploring humanity, what it means to be human....