Meet The Artist

Christine Lyall

A self-taught artist, Christine grew up surrounded by art. Her mother, once a potter, is now a painter, and her father is a successful commercial illustrator.

Educated and trained as a journalist, Christine worked for many years as a newspaper and magazine reporter and editor. She now works full-time in corporate communications at a national company based in Miami. During her spare time, Christine likes to set aside her computer keyboard and craft visual rather than written “stories," using such tools as pencils, paints, thread, beads, wood and found objects. 

Though she has always dabbled in art, Christine didn't pick it up as a serious past-time until the summer of 2006, shortly after she was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. Having struggled with anxiety and depression for much of her life, she learned that her struggles came from constantly fighting and resisting a brain that was easily distracted, obsessive, compulsive and impulsive.

" I tried to find ways to process the masses of stimuli swirling around in my head in a way that was gratifying, not overwhelming," she explains. "Instead of fighting my brain, I tried to find ways to let it ‘be'—whether that be funny, curious and experimental, or compulsive, intense and detail-oriented.

"Writing wasn't enough for processing all of that stimuli, although words often play a key role in my artwork," continues Christine. "I'm a tactile and visual person, so I needed to be able to use different media and I needed to be able to use lots of color. As a child, I had always enjoyed drawing and coloring, so I decided to indulge in those activities again."

Christine bought several tubes of tempura paint, the kind children use. Then, inspired by the vivid Mexican paintings on amate (bark) paper that she saw while growing up in Houston, Texas, she taped a few brown grocery bags together to create a canvas and started painting. "When a friend expressed an interest in buying that first  painting, I realized I might have tapped into a whole new world of possibility," she says. To this day, that painting, called "Our Mothers Pass on Their Tears," is one of Christine's favorites. 

Creating art helps Christine find focus and inner calm in a world that, to her, often seems out of focus and chaotic.  "Creating art is my way of navigating that space where my dreams and my realities collide and I realize—sometimes with sadness— how different the two are, despite my best efforts," she says. " I just hope that what I create resonates with others in their own struggles, joys, pains and reflections on life."

Christine's artwork is personal, reflecting her sometimes dark, sometimes comical and often obsessive thoughts, fears, feelings and observations about the world and herself. But her message is universal—and simple: While the human experience is complex, confusing and sometimes painful, it also is beautiful and worth examining.

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Please join us for an evening of art music food & wine

Explore new art works by emerging artists Molly Bo and Christine Lyall.

There will be a clearance section available as well as a small works and handmade jewelry just in time for the holidays.

Thursday, December 15, 2011 from 6:30 to 10:00 pm

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