by Christina Ridgeway | Oct 1, 2024 | Finished Work, Oil Painting
Well! It sure has been awhile since I have uploaded here! Things have been a bit chaotic for me in my little corner of the world. In June, I was told due to restructuring I was going to be made redundant at work. Despite this, I needed to finish out my time there and...
by Christina Ridgeway | Apr 5, 2024 | Finished Work, Oil Painting
Been awhile since I posted on the blog! This year I started off by painting a few studies and trying out different types of lighting. However, I did want to be a part of a Wow x Wow show this year and it was my excuse to get back in it and create a full blown piece...
by Christina Ridgeway | Nov 27, 2023 | 10 x 10 Collection, Finished Work, Oil Painting
I can officially now say that my 10 x 10 collection for Galleri Melefors is complete. What a journey! It all started over a year ago as I began doing the initial sketches and headed out into the woods with Leya Rasmussen and Jack Grimfrost for our first photoshoots. I...
by Christina Ridgeway | Nov 27, 2023 | 10 x 10 Collection, Finished Work, Oil Painting
Hey friends – here we are with the final piece in this collection! I had had many ideas for this piece… it is on the smaller size and it could’ve been another still life, the wolf man by the cliffs of Vilske Kleva, him together with the heroine on...
by Christina Ridgeway | Oct 29, 2023 | 10 x 10 Collection, Finished Work, Oil Painting
Well ladies and gentlemen, we are reaching the end of this collection. Here is piece #9 out of 10 and what a journey it has been so far! This painting was one of the original concepts and though it has been altered and changed a little along the way, it holds true to...
by Christina Ridgeway | Jun 30, 2023 | 10 x 10 Collection, Finished Work, Oil Painting
Wow, painting number 8 out of 10! This is an exciting moment. We are nearing the finish line – and this piece has been circling my head for near on a year now. I didn’t actually take the reference photos for this piece in conjunction with the other...
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...