Christine Lashley
Reston, VA
As a contemporary impressionist painter and lifelong nature enthusiast, Christine Lashley finds her artistic inspiration by painting outdoors. The art she creates is about time spent in nature and 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.
Christine's paintings have won numerous awards, including Best of Show for both landscape and portrait work. Recent awards were Best Landscape at the 27th Oil Painters of America National Show, and Best Light in the Landscape (Cezanne Award) at Olmsted Plein Air Invitational 2018. Christine is a frequent participant in juried outdoor painting competitions such as Plein Air Easton, Bath County, Richmond, and Telluride. Christine is a signature member of OPA (Oil Painters of America).
Recent Events/Honors
Events 2020: Juror Driggs Plein Air; Faculty PACE; Solo Show Turquoise Door Gallery CO; Two Person Show Principle Gallery SC
Awards/Events 2019: Best of Show Plein Air Telluride , Best of Show Bath County Plein Air; Plein Air Award Plein Air Salon June/July; Plein Air Award International ARC Salon; Best Nocturne Olmsted; Faculty Plein Air South; Faculty PACE; Landscape Today Invitational Show; Solo Show Broadway Gallery
Awards/Events 2018: Best Landscape 27th OPA National Show, Second Place Bath County Plein Air; Cezanne Award Olmsted; Prelude to a Painting Demo and Group Show at Scott Christensen Studio
Signature Status Member: OPA, Salmagundi, PAP-SE, Washington Society Landscape Painters
BATH COUNTY PLEIN AIR: Second Place 2018 and 2016; Third Place 2017 BROADWAY GALLERY: Solo Show, Alexandria, VA, 2018 FLORIDA LIGHTHOUSE PLEIN AIR: Second Place Quick Draw. 2018 26th OPA NATIONAL: Eisele Gallery, OH. May, 2017. Merit Awards in each category at the Quick Paint "Beautiful Ohio" Show 27th OPA NATIONAL: Best Landscape Award, Steamboat Art Museum, CO, 2018 OPA EASTERN REGIONAL: Artistic Award of Excellence. 2108 OLMSTED INVITATIONAL: Best Light (Cezanne) Award 2018 PLEIN AIR SOLOMONS, MD: Best Cove Point Sunrise Painting, Honorable Mention Quick Draw and in Show, 2018 RICHMOND PLEIN AIR: Third Place 2018 TELLURIDE PLEIN AIR: Top seller status award 2015-2018
Publications
DVD "Paintings that Sparkle" Lilliedahl, Cover and Feature Article Plein Air Magazine 2018; numerous editorial features/articles in Fine Art Connoisseur, Plein Air Magazine, American Art Collector, Outdoor Painter, OPA Blog; Light in the Landscape Book 2018, Plein Air Podcast with Eric Rhoads, Outdoor Painter Podcast with Carl Olson
PLEIN AIR MAGAZINE: Cover and feature article, Plein Air Magazine, Oct/Nov 2018
PLEIN AIR MAGAZINE: Cityscapes editorial; and Workshop Guide article, Plein Air Magazine, Feb/Mar 2019
LIGHT IN THE LANDSCAPE: Christine Lashley Art Book, 70 pages, 2018
