Christina De Musée

Walking into Christina De Musée's lavish studio in Palm Desert, CA is like being pulled into an artistic vortex of rich colors and fantastical imagery that pulsates with a dynamic life-force; a sensory feast. Her studio is also her home and a spectacular gallery that gives an entrance to Christina's private and exotic universe.

De Musée emerged onto the art scene in the 1980's in Los Angeles, when securing a presence as an artistic talent was a tough road for women. Early on, De Musée knew that she had to incorporate her magnetic persona into the marketing of her art, drawing attention through theatrical spectacles and flamboyant promotional events. This controversial approach to showing her art gained her attention of Hollywood celebrities, the media and prominent art collectors. The critics took notice and a star was born.

Christina continues, "My latest series is an aggregation of different themes, the mystical, the powerful, the vain, the decadent, the transcendent and, of course, the humorous and sexual aspects all thrown together into wild compositions." Some of these paintings are stimulated by the hidden and not so hidden social events of the desert. Works such as "I Kiss You Electric" and "Secret Garden" are an explo...

De Musée has exhibited her artworks in over 100 galleries, both nationally and internationally. Her works range in price from $1,500 to $30,000, depending on size and complexity. Her artworks vary in scale from smaller intimate pieces to the grandiose billboard-sized paintings. She has attracted a heavy hitting base of art collectors, fans and followers including Malcolm McDowell, Isabella Rossellini, Charlie Sheen, Brooke Shields, Robert Downey Jr., Roland Joffe and dozens of others.
The grand scale, the theatricality and lavish bold and bright colors harken back to her days as a performer in the Lido De Paris and the Folies De Bergere in Las Vegas, NV. From these theatrical influences of bigger than life staging and sumptuous productions brimming over with glamour and sexuality, Christina created huge colorful portrayals of the dancers and showgirls. Works such as "Neon Fantasy" capture the images of what she calls "super hybrid women with luminous, phosphorescent colors." Other paintings such as "Ravenous Appetites" and "Infusion of Pleasure" also incorporate a rich sensuality, mystery and spectacular coloration. The beautiful people seem to come to life in their own decadent fantasy world.