Cristina Del Sol is a Canadian Mixed Media and Experimental Visual Artist, creating Abstract/Non-Objective, Contemporary Landscapes and a variety of small works.
She was born in Argentina, where she received formal art training from the National Art Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina, completing her Bachelor of Fine Art Honour's Degree. She specialized in Painting, Art History, Philosophy, Studio art and Art Education.
Moved to Canada in her early twenties and started teaching contemporary realistic painting and drawing, mainly still lifes, privateley.
She also obtained a Hatha and Yin Yoga Teacher certification.
She has been exhibiting her work in galleries, private showings as well as solo and juried art shows winning several awards. One of her abstract paintings, 'Cosmic Dancer' was Selected for the latest North Light Books' Best of Watercolor: 'Splash 14: Light and Color!' to be published in July/ 2013.
But it wasn't until 1996 that she discovered 'Experimental and Intuitive' painting with Maxine Masterfield, Edward Betts, Mary Todd Beam, Robert Burridge, Lila Lewis Irving and Pat Dews, that her true passion for art ignited.
She has undertaken intensive study in the USA and Canada, focusing in a variety of Experimental-Intuitive painting methods. To further nurture her craft she also enroll in 'Toronto Art School' and 'Avenue Road Art Institute' for two years and continues taking painting workshops with her favourite artists.
'I was transported by the abstract forms, vast expanses of color and textures swirling and unfolding,' Cristina explains. 'This new freedom in painting connects me to my innerself, inviting me to play like a child and explore'.
To regain a sense of connectedness to nature, Cristina moved from Toronto to rural Ottawa in 2006 and built her dream studio overlooking the Ottawa River and The Gatineau Hills.
She is currently working as a full time artist and teaching private painting workshops from her studio.
Besides her abstract/non-objective and Contemporary Landscapes works she keeps painting small still lifes, animals and other miniatures.
Cristina Del Sol joined Pixels.com Licensing on July 3rd, 2013.
