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Catalina Christensen on collecting pigments and painting - working with the memories of landscape
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In this episode I’m talking to Catalina Christensen who is an inspiring painter and pigment collector. Her work centres around a personal connection to landscape through the colours she finds and extracts from nature in the places she visits. Her inspiration comes from her early years, hearing of the great Italian Renaissance painters, of alchemy and the inherent human need to be creative and leave traces. She talks about her journey through many countries, coming from an architectural background and how she arrived at her current art practice in great detail. How and where it all started and what techniques and materials she uses in her work.
‘A painting begins with collecting the rocks for the pigments. The gathering and processing of pigments is an artistic endeavour in itself’
Catalina is also the co-founder of Wilderness Art Collective, a platform for artists whose work responds to the environment, for discussions about beauty and diversity in their creative work.
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Some references from our conversation:
- The place with the rock paintings in Colombia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1chica
- Landlines exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society
- Wilderness Art Collective https://www.wildernessart.org/
- Cornelissen - a quaint old place in London where you can buy pigments if you don’t want to make your own. https://www.cornelissen.com/
You can follow Catalina on instagram and on twitter
https://www.catalinachristensen.com/
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If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend.
You can find me as @walkinglantern on instagram and on twitter.
Also, if you appreciate the time and effort that goes into making this podcast you can buy me a coffee here.
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Manage episode 245819334 series 2568158
:: Dialogues with Nature Network has launched and is currently open for new members to join until 16 July. Find out more here.
:: If you feel the flowers and trees are calling, the grasses are whispering your names, come and join us in the Meadow, our Foundation Course here.
__________
In this episode I’m talking to Catalina Christensen who is an inspiring painter and pigment collector. Her work centres around a personal connection to landscape through the colours she finds and extracts from nature in the places she visits. Her inspiration comes from her early years, hearing of the great Italian Renaissance painters, of alchemy and the inherent human need to be creative and leave traces. She talks about her journey through many countries, coming from an architectural background and how she arrived at her current art practice in great detail. How and where it all started and what techniques and materials she uses in her work.
‘A painting begins with collecting the rocks for the pigments. The gathering and processing of pigments is an artistic endeavour in itself’
Catalina is also the co-founder of Wilderness Art Collective, a platform for artists whose work responds to the environment, for discussions about beauty and diversity in their creative work.
—
Some references from our conversation:
- The place with the rock paintings in Colombia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1chica
- Landlines exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society
- Wilderness Art Collective https://www.wildernessart.org/
- Cornelissen - a quaint old place in London where you can buy pigments if you don’t want to make your own. https://www.cornelissen.com/
You can follow Catalina on instagram and on twitter
https://www.catalinachristensen.com/
—
If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and share it with a friend.
You can find me as @walkinglantern on instagram and on twitter.
Also, if you appreciate the time and effort that goes into making this podcast you can buy me a coffee here.
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