Linda Christensen & Gwen Manfrin
In This Moment
June 19 - July 26, 2024
In This Moment
June 19 - July 26, 2024
Reception: Wednesday, June 19th, 5:30 - 7:30pm
Andrea Schwartz Gallery is pleased to announce a two-person exhibition with Linda Christensen and Gwen Manfrin.
“I don’t closely study how to draw the figure. I don’t necessarily want to get everything ‘right’ or follow the rules. I want the freedom to show you the flaws and imperfections.” – Linda Christensen
Linda Christensen is drawn to the human figure, particularly when one thinks they are alone. To her, the body carries emotion and reveals more than a person may realize. Christensen depicts these private moments in her work, relishing in the vulnerability that can be captured. Starting with abstract shapes, she builds up their complexity as she paints, applying carefully selected hues until she creates a sense of harmony across the canvas.
“My paintings give the viewer the opportunity to examine their own reactions to the narrative with its subliminal messaging through body language, attire, and attitude.” – Gwen Manfrin
Gwen Manfrin is inspired by emotion, capturing the essence of an individual through a chance encounter. Her work is a snapshot of a moment in action, the last flicker in a second that soon passes. With watercolor and graphite on panel, Manfrin meticulously illustrates the subtle movements that the eye could miss. Manfrin strives for each figure to pose questions for the viewer, leaving it up to them to reflect on and decipher.
“I don’t closely study how to draw the figure. I don’t necessarily want to get everything ‘right’ or follow the rules. I want the freedom to show you the flaws and imperfections.” – Linda Christensen
Linda Christensen is drawn to the human figure, particularly when one thinks they are alone. To her, the body carries emotion and reveals more than a person may realize. Christensen depicts these private moments in her work, relishing in the vulnerability that can be captured. Starting with abstract shapes, she builds up their complexity as she paints, applying carefully selected hues until she creates a sense of harmony across the canvas.
“My paintings give the viewer the opportunity to examine their own reactions to the narrative with its subliminal messaging through body language, attire, and attitude.” – Gwen Manfrin
Gwen Manfrin is inspired by emotion, capturing the essence of an individual through a chance encounter. Her work is a snapshot of a moment in action, the last flicker in a second that soon passes. With watercolor and graphite on panel, Manfrin meticulously illustrates the subtle movements that the eye could miss. Manfrin strives for each figure to pose questions for the viewer, leaving it up to them to reflect on and decipher.
Linda Christensen | "Riverside" | oil on canvas | 54 x 72 inches
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Linda Christensen | "Red Sweatshirt" | oil on canvas | 60 x 60 inches
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Linda Christensen | "Talk" | oil on canvas | 60 x 48 inches
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Linda Christensen | "Shore" | oil on canvas | 40 x 60 inches
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Linda Christensen | "Pools" | oil on canvas | 40 x 60 inches
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Linda Christensen | "Sand Dunes" | oil on canvas - framed | 48 x 48 inches
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Linda Christensen | "Linger" | mixed media on paper - framed | 14 x 14 inches
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Linda Christensen | "Camp" | mixed media on paper - framed | 14 x 14 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "The Sadness of Chance" | watercolor on panel | 26 x 48 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Dispassionate Serenity" | watercolor on panel | 40 x 30 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "No Demons in the Days" | watercolor on panel | 30 x 36 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Baptism" | watercolor on panel | 30 x 36 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Sweet Surrender" | watercolor on panel | 24 x 36 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Precariousness" | watercolor on panel | 36 x 24 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Bending the Rules" | watercolor on panel | 36 x 24 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Mystified" | watercolor on panel - framed | 16 x 20 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "All Dressed up with Nowhere to go" | watercolor on panel - framed | 16 x 20 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Melancholy of Departure Part II" | watercolor on panel - framed | 20 x 16 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "I Dream of You" | watercolor on panel - framed | 20 x 16 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Afloat and Adrift" | watercolor on panel - framed | 14 x 14 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "A Poem Begins..." | watercolor on panel - framed | 14 x 11 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Blossoms" | watercolor on panel - framed | 12 x 12 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Deep Instincts" | watercolor on panel - framed | 12 x 12 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Past Lives" | watercolor on panel - framed | 8 x 8 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "The Magic Moment" | watercolor on panel - framed | 8 x 8 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Judas' Kiss" | watercolor on panel - framed | 8 x 8 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Beguiling Times" | watercolor on panel - framed | 8 x 8 inches
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Gwen Manfrin | "Tempting Fate" | watercolor on panel - framed | 8 x 8 inches
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