ARTIST PROFILE

Christine Pensa

After a successful career as a political assistant to both a federal and provincial cabinet minister in Canada – Christine was increasingly drawn to creative life. She took an art course and found her true passion was painting – not politics. Christine pursued studies in art and continues to find joy in painting and print making.

Figurative work is central to her art. Christine’s visual pieces are a reflection of what is germane in her life and therefore revolve around the evolution of spirituality, the practice of yoga – and especially women and their diverse manifestations of beauty. Over the years Christine added print-making to her work – creating and working with lino blocks, etchings, and silk screening allowed her to explore graphic images. I was drawn to print making because of it’s joyful graphic nature. Christine says, “Printing feels like shorthand. I love how it communicates clearly at our most primitive level.”

Exploring the energy that occurs when images and words connect – art that moves – is one of Christine’s favourite ways to create. Inspirational words from great poets and seers (one of her favourites is 11th century Sufi mystic Jalal-ud-Rumi) provides the creative fuel for many of Christine’s paintings.

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Affiliations/Links: www.christinepensa.com