CHRISTINE BRENNAN
Painting, Jewelry
Christine Brennan creates one-of-a-kind jewelry featuring tiny two-sided reproductions of her paintings framed with silver solder.
Often dreamlike and enigmatic, Christine Brennan's work features a host of symbolic and allegorical reference. Brennan's images draw from the unconscious, leading the viewer into richly-lit narratives that evoke personal stories and associations.
As a painter, Brennan works in oil on paper or board. Never setting out to illustrate a specific theme or story, the artist creates each image as she goes, changing and shaping it along the way. That each untitled image may call forth different interpretations is a balance the artist strives for.
Christine Brennan studied at the Rhode Island school of design earning a B.F.A. in illustration in 1987. She is currently represented by galleries in California, Texas, Idaho, New Hampshire, and Kentucky. Brennan’s work is included in the collections of The Ventura County Museum, the city of Ventura’s Municipal art collection and the Carnegie Museum of Oxnard and included in numerous private collections including Sir Anthony Hopkins, Drew Barrymore and Jonathan Winters. She paints and makes jewelry out of her home studio in Ojai California, where she lives with her furniture-maker husband Jim McCarthy.
Visit www.ChristineBrennan.net for her blog link and to see more of her work.
Often dreamlike and enigmatic, Christine Brennan's work features a host of symbolic and allegorical reference. Brennan's images draw from the unconscious, leading the viewer into richly-lit narratives that evoke personal stories and associations.
As a painter, Brennan works in oil on paper or board. Never setting out to illustrate a specific theme or story, the artist creates each image as she goes, changing and shaping it along the way. That each untitled image may call forth different interpretations is a balance the artist strives for.
Christine Brennan studied at the Rhode Island school of design earning a B.F.A. in illustration in 1987. She is currently represented by galleries in California, Texas, Idaho, New Hampshire, and Kentucky. Brennan’s work is included in the collections of The Ventura County Museum, the city of Ventura’s Municipal art collection and the Carnegie Museum of Oxnard and included in numerous private collections including Sir Anthony Hopkins, Drew Barrymore and Jonathan Winters. She paints and makes jewelry out of her home studio in Ojai California, where she lives with her furniture-maker husband Jim McCarthy.
Visit www.ChristineBrennan.net for her blog link and to see more of her work.
