Christian Winslow

Christian Winslow
Statement
Musicians, musical Instruments, sleeping monks, serpents, masonic symbols: these are among the recurring images in my art. Although their meaning is very personal, they are only starting points rather than destinations. While painting, my original intention gives way to change as the creative process unfolds. I try to allow instinct, accidents and chance to arise.
I start the process by drawing directly onto each canvas for some length of time, eventually applying multiple layers of impasto, when working in oil, or applying a sawdust/acrylic compound to achieve a sculptural relief surface. My attention is focused on the physical presence of the medium on the flat surface. I am not satisfied until a certain patina of texture emerges more akin to the surface of fired clay or blown glass, than to a painted flat picture plane.
These paintings hint at or partially reveal some visual allegorical mystery or secret, yet I am not interested in illustrating an allegory in the literal sense. I am ultimately striving for a finished painting that shows the residue of allegory, but emphasizes a physically sensuous art object in the abstract, aimed at affecting the emotions.
In this way, I am interested in abst...

Education:
B.F.A., Painting - Murray State University - Murray KY - 1974

Post Graduate Studies, Contemporary Art Criticism - Rutgers University - New Brunswick NJ – 1988
M.F.A., Painting - University of Houston - Houston TX - 1989

Christian Winslow
Exhibit History
What’s Next ProArts Group Exhibit, Harborside Atrium, Jersey City, NJ 2017
William Paterson University Gallery Group Show 2016

Hat City Kitchen, Orange, NJ Sculpture Relief Paintings Solo Exhibit 2015
Grace Church, Jersey City, NJ Cathedral Arts Festival Group Show 2014
William Patterson University Gallery Group Show 2014

ISO Tower Gallery, Jersey City, NJ Group Show 2014

Destin Arts Center, Destin, FL Sculpture Relief Paintings Solo Exhibit 2014
Grace Church, Jersey City, NJ Cathedral Arts Festival Group Show 2013
ISO Tower Gallery, Jersey City, NJ Group Show 2013
Visual Arts Center, Jersey City, NJ Group Show 2012

Grace Church, Jersey City, NJ Cathedral Arts Festival Group Show 2012
Victory Hall Drawing Rooms, Jersey City Metaphor, Muses, Mysteries 2011
Grace Church, Jersey City, NJ Cathedral Arts Festival Group Show 2010
The Yardly Studios, Union City, NJ Group Show 2009
Wedgeworks, Jersey City, NJ Group Show 2008

Chateau de la Chassaigne, Theirs, France Recent Work 2006
Grace Church, Jersey City, NJ Cathedral Arts Festival Group 2006

Chateau de la Chassaigne Gallery, Theirs, France Masonic 2006

111 First Street - Jersey City, NJ May Day Group Show - ...