I paint like me.
My mother raised me in the Canadian tradition of the Algonquin school of pleinair painting. As a young person, I was fortunate to secure my roots in oil while doing my time at NSCAD. Now as career painter of 45, I try to remember, I paint like me.
I am a regional painter. Through experience, I reflect on place with pencil or pen in my sketchbook. In the summers I still pull out a French easel. My studio practice is based around large oils that I like to think of as tapestries of colour and texture.
Experimentation keeps me interested in paint. Wether I am playing with materials, mark-making or subject matter I like to challenge myself. I am consistently inconsistent. Painting where the alpine meets water is an experience of beauty, while painting more urban environments provides me with fresh a perspective of compositions.
My art practice is about moving paint around while exploring and learning about the world we live in, Here and Now.
Chrissy Nickerson is an established mid-career artist with strong
roots in capturing the rugged landscapes of North America.
Dedicated to mapping the uniqueness of each subject, Chrissy
adheres to a practice of sketching onsite, recording colour, then
translating that information into large scale, fearless expressionist
studio works. Her practice demands that she travel coast to
coast and across boarders to capture all that is wild about this
land. Her collectors are currently worldwide and both public and
private entities.