Christa is one of the nine artists participating in Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras exhibition at Earth Art Studio. She is showcasing 5 acrylic on plywood paintings of bones she found in the desert. She also has a selection of her wood fired wheel thrown pottery displayed for sale.
About the Artist:
Mexico beckoned and Christa Assad relocated her home and studio south of the border in 2017. She was captivated by the small Pueblo Mágico of Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, with its colorful decorations dangling across the narrow streets, and one long dirt road out to her new land. Her desert hideaway now houses the only wood kiln in Baja, and there she enjoys experimenting with local clay and found treasures from her hikes in the dramatic landscape. She balances her time between potting and painting, beach combing and exploring cities on the mainland.
Assad’s work is in the permanent collections of The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Ceramic Research Center at Arizona State University Museum, and The Penn State Fulbright Scholar Collection, and is included in Garth Clark’s Shards, Kevin A. Hluch’s The Art of Contemporary Pottery, and Lark Books‘ 500 Teapots and 500 Pitchers. Her paintings can be found locally at Galeria Militar in central Todos Santos as well as by appointment at her studio in Las Playitas.
Works for Sale at Earth Art Studio:
About the Art:
“My daily walks through the desert with my two Baja-born and rescued dogs is always what I call a ‘sniffari’ – an adventure full of scents. The dogs in particular have an excellent nose for deteriorating animals and bones. My infatuation with skulls and jaw bones has manifested quite a collection, and with collecting came creating paintings of the found objects. This series includes representations of deer, goat, and sea turtle skulls, and a conglomeration of cow jaw bones and teeth. I enjoy the intricacies of each skull and jaw bone and find the cow teeth especially amusing. I hope to inspire the viewer to take a closer look at the simple beauty of bone shapes and the subtlety of their colors, as well as their symbolism of death, decay and the return to the earth.”
– Christa Assad
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