Christine Marie

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, and fresh flowers remind us that beauty is always beginning again. - adapted from Joseph Addison

Sunday morning and fresh cut flowers from@the garden. My Dahlias have more blooms coming. ✨

n all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
- Aristotle

Love this! 💗

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. - Edith Wharton

From the archives - a self portrait I made during a workshop with @cigharvey in 2018 - A Personal Story

#selfreflection
#identityart
#shadowplay
#minimalportrait
#mindfulart

Labor of love happened in the studio today. I hand printed 40 fine art photo cards that will be going into a garden shop at a local nursery my incredible friends and their partners are opening in May. Very happy with how these turned out. Working on lovely packaging to complement.

Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. - Edna St. Vincent Millay

A digital negative of Sargent’s ‘Madame X,’ flipping her silhouette, then weaving winter branches around the edges. There’s something hauntingly beautiful in how she emerges centuries from the deep blue cyanotype.

That sky! And those words. ♥️

I was so pleasantly surprised. I plan for more experimentation soon! 😊

Last weekend, I coated some old photo paper with cyanotype solution and decided to experiment with Lumen prints. I used small flowers of turmeric and salt to the process. The results turned out painterly and abstract. Nothing perfect about the outcome, but that's where the magic lies.

Love this!!

Sometimes the most beautiful moments come from life's little accidents.

A perfectly preserved 1905 portrait tucked away in a wooden box living with other historical photographs. The tissue sleeve that protected it for decades now holds a ghostly imprint, a faded echo of the photograph it guarded.

Love how time leaves its own signature on our memories.

The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. — W.B. Yeats

Spent a little time this afternoon in my studio arranging these treasures and found objects that have been patiently waiting for their next life.

Celebrating International Women’s Day! 💪🏻✨💗

The world needs strong women. Women who will lift and build others, who will love and be loved, women who live bravely, both tender and fierce, women of indomitable will.– Amy Tenney

#internationalwomensday #selfportrait #yougotthisgirl #womenempowerment

Objects are the anchors of memory, the keepers of stories not yet told. - Isabel Allende

I found myself in the studio this past weekend and this little memory keeper came to life. There’s something deeply satisfying about binding time between layers of history.

These gems were just added to my little studio reading stack:

The Work of Art and The War of Art

Been feeling stuck in my creative flow lately, and I’m excited to dive into these books for some fresh inspiration and perspective.

Winter Gardens. Realizing the joy I feel when the first day of spring is 3 weeks away!

A little orange will put a spring into your day. -Anthony T.Hincks

Powerful!

A stair is a landscape. It's a passage through light and shadow. - Tadao Ando

#philbrookmuseum #tulsa #oklahoma #historicstaircase #architecturedetails #blackandwhitephotography #museumvisit #interiordesign #lightandshadow #artdeco #elegantspaces #historic #artmuseum #museumarchitecture

I have a theory that every time you make an important choice, the part of you left behind continues the other life you could have had. - Jeanette Winterson

Captured at the beautiful @Philbrook Museum by my marvelously talented friend @audreygray

The magic light in that museum!!

Powerful!

Caddo is such a haunting place. Love the focus and depth.

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I love that you are continuing this craft. Beautiful.

It's truly wonderful to see your landscapes once again. They're filled with such remarkable depth and emotion

Thank you - that means so much. 💞

Thank you. I had the perfect subject and golden light. 🙂

Captured my beautiful friend @audreygray as the masterpiece she is, glowing in afternoon light at Philbrook Museum. Mary Magdalene couldn’t help but admire from her frame. 🖼️✨

It was wonderful exploring centuries of art and history at the Philbrook Museum Saturday. The image of the globe chandelier feels like the perfect symbol a reminder of how art connects us across time and cultures.

This Italian Renaissance villa turned museum has been inspiring Tulsa since 1927!

Completed in 1929, Westhope is Frank Lloyd Wright’s only Textile Block house built outside California. One of Wright’s few major commissions during the Great Depression, a period when architectural projects became scarce and Wright struggled to secure new work.