by Christina Ridgeway | Jan 13, 2022 | Finished Work, Oil Painting
It’s been awhile since I made a proper blog post! This painting seemed to need it though. I took the reference photos for this painting on a whim end of October. It was cold, frosty and this patch of moss was sitting on top of a boulder bathed in light. I loved...
by Christina Ridgeway | Dec 12, 2021 | Finished Work, Oil Painting
I am very late adding blog posts about my most recent paintings. But I figured better late than never! This was the last oil painting I had completed before my maternity leave ended. From the end of the summer when I painted “My Heart is a Myth” about...
by Christina Ridgeway | Aug 17, 2021 | Finished Work, Oil Painting
Hello everyone! Hope you all have had an amazing summer and are getting in the mood for fall. After the “Blood, Ash and Bone” collection was completed I had this urge to go from discussing connections of minds and people to inner heart spaces. The first of...
by Christina Ridgeway | Aug 2, 2021 | Blood, Ash & Bone Show, Finished Work, Oil Painting
Here it is! The final and last painting I had planned for the “Blood, Ash and Bone” collection. This painting never made it to either of the shows, but it was actually one of the original concepts. It was always intended to be the counterpart to the...
by Christina Ridgeway | Jun 4, 2021 | Blood, Ash & Bone Show, Finished Work, Oil Painting
So, here it is – the last and final painting in the series – from which I got it’s name! It feels immensely bittersweet writing this blog post as I know now a huge part of my life the past 9 months is now coming to an end. Before this collection, I...
by Christina Ridgeway | Jun 2, 2021 | Blood, Ash & Bone Show, Finished Work, Oil Painting
Here we are, already closing in on the end of the series now! This painting was the 7th out of 8 paintings made for this collection and it is the only up close and personal portrait in the series. It is in fact the largest face I’ve ever painted – and I...
