Christie lives outside Portland, Oregon with her husband and two young children. Her focus is on 2D visual art and graphics. She provides creative consulting and design services on a limited basis.
Mineral paper, often branded as Stone Paper, is not technically paper at all, but may well be one of the most beautifully satisfying surfaces I have had the pleasure to paint on....
STUDIO NEWS | Some of you may have noticed I've been working on textile art these last few months. Also, I've had several requests to make some of my line-work drawings available for coloring pages....
When viewers look at my portraits, I want it to take them a moment to realize it’s a drawing and not an actual photograph. To achieve this level of realism, I rely heavily on high-quality reference photos. I rely heavily...
In modern America, Dr. King has undergone a metamorphosis. We have all heard his inspiring words and have taken a piece of him into our hearts, but to our collective detriment, we attach our own ideologies before regurgitating him back...
I want to keep this post intimate. This is a conversation between me and my buyers. At some point, I may address the industry as a whole, but today I'm going to talk about changes in my business and why...
Not to brag, but I'm a bit of a rockstar when it comes to throwing goals out to the universe and having them come to fruition. Leveraging the New Year's energy shift is about more than jotting down a list....
You would think all this extra time at home would result in massive creative output. You'd be wrong. I'm struggling to get through the things I need to do, much less the things I want to do. I want to...
Maria Franz Portrait 9×12, Charcoal on Toned Paper. I don’t do a whole lot of fan art even though it’s know to be one of the best ways an artist can draw folks to their social media. I’m simply not...
I grew up on Nantucket Island, 30 miles off the coast of Massachusetts. The island definitely has an aesthetic, from its weathered cedar-clad homes to its decades-long fascination with pink pants for men (It’s salmon, dammit!). There are certain other...
I’m setting a mid-year resolution. I want to get more serious about my Instagram. I started it almost exactly a year ago with the intention of using it to share my artwork. I knew keeping my personal IG and my...
