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My Dear Dad

My Dear Dad

Christina Maassen

I have been thinking a lot about why I went down the path of art and painting.I remember even as a little girl I loved cutting up tiny bits of...

My Dear Dad

Christina Maassen

I have been thinking a lot about why I went down the path of art and painting.I remember even as a little girl I loved cutting up tiny bits of...

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There is sometimes great emotion in letting go of a painting.

There is sometimes great emotion in letting go of a painting.

Christina Maassen

Most people assume that selling a painting is the fun part. It is wonderful to think thatsomeone likes your work enough to hang it in their home, but that means...

There is sometimes great emotion in letting go of a painting.

Christina Maassen

Most people assume that selling a painting is the fun part. It is wonderful to think thatsomeone likes your work enough to hang it in their home, but that means...

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Artists are funny people

Artists are funny people

Christina Maassen

Artists are funny people! Well, I think we are. You may ask, funny peculiar or funny ha-ha, do I mean? Well, perhaps I mean that a lot of us don’t take ourselves as seriously as the “tortured...

Artists are funny people

Christina Maassen

Artists are funny people! Well, I think we are. You may ask, funny peculiar or funny ha-ha, do I mean? Well, perhaps I mean that a lot of us don’t take ourselves as seriously as the “tortured...

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“Without great solitude no serious work is possible"

“Without great solitude no serious work is possible"

Christina Maassen

To start my blog, I again quote Pablo Picasso.  “Without great solitude no serious work is possible." I have recently been struck down with Covid. It is most inconvenient to...

“Without great solitude no serious work is possible"

Christina Maassen

To start my blog, I again quote Pablo Picasso.  “Without great solitude no serious work is possible." I have recently been struck down with Covid. It is most inconvenient to...

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Christina in Studio

Atelier (noun) meaning a studio or workspace for artistic design.

Christina Maassen

Atelier (noun) meaning a studio or workspace for artistic design. I feel so lucky to have this 20sq metre art studio space all of my own to create in. In...

Atelier (noun) meaning a studio or workspace for artistic design.

Christina Maassen

Atelier (noun) meaning a studio or workspace for artistic design. I feel so lucky to have this 20sq metre art studio space all of my own to create in. In...

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Duende (noun)

Duende (noun)

Christina Maassen

Duende (noun) meaning …the mysterious power of art to move someone. I learnt this new word today. I have never heard that word before, but I certainly have experienced it’s meaning....

Duende (noun)

Christina Maassen

Duende (noun) meaning …the mysterious power of art to move someone. I learnt this new word today. I have never heard that word before, but I certainly have experienced it’s meaning....

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