by Christina Ridgeway | May 29, 2023 | 10 x 10 Collection, Finished Work, Oil Painting
Here we are with the 6th (!!) painting in the 10×10 collection! This time I went full John Bauer, not just inspired by his work but a recreation of his piece “The Blue Bird”. In the original painting there was a very pale flowy little girl holding the...
by Christina Ridgeway | May 9, 2023 | 10 x 10 Collection, Finished Work, Oil Painting
Here we are at last, with the final painting in the collection so far. I will be making a total of 10 paintings, but will be working the rest of the summer on the final 4 before release. In this painting we travel back again to the forest, to a hidden waterall buried...
by Christina Ridgeway | May 7, 2023 | 10 x 10 Collection, Finished Work, Oil Painting
The next painting in this series takes us back to the wolf and the girl from “Sweet Nothings”, now laying in a snowy – soon to be spring – field. It’s one of the darker paintings in the series, in my opinion, because it touches on...
by Christina Ridgeway | May 4, 2023 | 10 x 10 Collection, Finished Work, Oil Painting
Here is the largest painting in the collection so far! It is a piece called Surrender and is mainly about the ability to let go and go with the flow. I will be making 2 large pieces like this for Galleri Melefors – but the next will have it’s debut in the...
by Christina Ridgeway | May 2, 2023 | 10 x 10 Collection, Finished Work, Oil Painting
Here is the third painting I created in the 10 x 10 collection for Galleri Melefors! This painting was an ode to John Bauer in my own special way. He created many lovely pieces of riders on horseback, either in the woods or the fields of Sweden. I wanted to create...
by Christina Ridgeway | Apr 30, 2023 | 10 x 10 Collection, Finished Work, Oil Painting
Here comes the next painting in the 10 x 10 collection for Galleri Melefors! This piece is called “Hidden Realms”. This painting was inspired by pictures I took back last fall when mushrooms are abundant here in the forests of Sweden. I felt like I had...
by Christina Ridgeway | Apr 28, 2023 | 10 x 10 Collection, Finished Work, Oil Painting
Now it is time to finally reveal the first part of the collection I have been working on the past 5 months! We will start with my painting “Sweet Nothings” which is now framed and on display in Galleri Melefors in Linköping, Sweden. This painting features...
by Christina Ridgeway | Dec 1, 2022 | Finished Work, Oil Painting
I can’t believe I am uploading the final painting for 2022! It has been quite the year – quite the art journey! I started off large and I finished large, which I like. Large paintings are an immense amount of work for me, I pack in details everywhere I...
by Christina Ridgeway | Oct 16, 2022 | Finished Work, Oil Painting
I am so happy to finally be able to share with you my recent painting “Leap and the Sleeping Princess”. I don’t remember exactly what I was looking for when I took up the book of John Bauer paintings, full of the stories he created his images...
by Christina Ridgeway | Oct 16, 2022 | Commission, Finished Work, Oil Painting
Hi everyone! Now I get to share the final images of “A Remarkable Journey” – the first commission I have taken on in many many years. It was an honor to be able to paint my client’s son as she wanted, surrounded by his animal guardians. The...
