Christine Lashley

As a contemporary impressionist painter and lifelong nature enthusiast, Christine Lashley gathers most of her ideas by painting outdoors. The art she creates on location or in the studio is about the beauty of a moment held in memory. Her paintings often fuse reality and the abstract, using color and texture to look realistic from afar but dissolve into abstraction up close.

Lashley has been involved in the arts all her life, with early years sketching outdoors and watching her mother and grandmother create sculptures. She spent several years in the high-fashion world of Europe, then worked in graphic design and created murals. She began her professional painting career working in watercolors, but in 2009, she transitioned to oils, seeking new possibilities for expression. Her work has won numerous awards, including Best of Show for both landscape and portrait work. Recent awards include the ARC Salon (Plein Air), Bold Brush Award, Best Landscape at the 27th Oil Painters of America National Show, and Best of Show at Plein Air Texas, Telluride Plein Air, and Bath County Plein Air. Lashley’s work has been featured in numerous art magazines, books, and online media.

With a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Washington University in St. Louis and prior study at the Sorbonne and Parsons in Paris, Lashley continued her art education with workshops from prominent artists. She has taught workshops internationally for over 25 years. Her latest educational project is teaching students online in her interactive lessons.