Christine Rasmussen

A Touch of Sun (Colorado Ave)

Oil on canvas

"As a painter I investigate the in between, depicting unremarkable urban landscapes that hover between familiar and imagined. In observing these cityscapes devoid of people, I explore themes of aloneness versus connection, uncertainty versus possibility, and narrative versus abstraction.

I paint spaces that most people pass daily but don’t notice, like alleyways, fences and parking lots. In beautifying the banal through my bold color choices, dramatic skies or shadow play, these everyday spaces become worthy of contemplation. Working from my own reference photos, I distort space, light and distance to create imagined environments that invite the viewer to make connections and seek wonder within the paintings and beyond."

– Christine Rasmussen

About the artist

Christine Rasmussen

Christine Rasmussen is an American artist raised in Pakistan, Vietnam and the United States. She received her BA (Double Major - Art Practice and Peace & Conflict Studies) from the University of California, Berkeley. Rasmussen is represented by Billis Williams Gallery in Culver City. She has exhibited in multiple juried exhibitions and her work is in private collections worldwide. Her work has been featured in American Art Collector, Not Real Art’s Q+Art, ShoutOut LA, Artillery, Art & Cake and Voyage LA among others. She was awarded a Chalk Hill Artist Residency, was commissioned for the prestigious Artist Label Program at Imagery Estate Winery, and her work is in the Hilbert Museum of California Art. Rasmussen lives and works in Los Angeles.