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A few months ago I came across Christa's work online and fell in love with her goddesses series. Strong expressive and empowering portraits.I had to invite her to teach on Kabostudio. Today I want to invite you to know her a little more and present you some of her recent work. Read until the end for a chance to win a spot in her class; Explore your inner goddess through mixed media with Christa Forrest |
Tell us about your background, |
What being apart of an art community means to you?I thrive off of others, especially their creativity. I enjoy taking art courses from other artists and joining their community - it helps me continue to grow and learn. Do you ever have creative blocks? |
A revelation that made your art go to the next level?I started out as a landscape artist. I love painting landscapes but I always felt like my art was missing something. I was always uncomfortable with painting faces but decided to take on the challenge and try my best to master it. Something clicked though - my art had meaning, it told a story, there was feeling in it. I finally realized that I found my true journey with painting Goddesses. My art transformed into something rather than a simple painting of a landscape. My style emerged and I finally felt like I found my true focus. I still paint landscapes though.... Do you put a lot of thinking in a new piece, sketch, trial and error before plunging or do you dive head first and work more intuitively?I find when I create with a plan, it never finishes the way I want it to. I find many of these end of in failure. However, when I approach a painting with an intuitive approach, my work is more successful. I have a general plan of what I want to do but I let the piece tell the story and let it develop as I go along. Many times, the story shifts and moves in a totally different direction and I am ok with that. |
An activity or happy unrelated to art that makes you feel good.
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