All Work — Christine D'Epiro Abbott

Shelter (Our) Place

“Shelter (Our) Place” presents an intimate view of my lively home. Colorful and abstracted, the interior scenes vibrate with activity. Detailed compositions invite further inspection revealing recognizable details such as shoes and toys, instruments and laundry. Each object hints at the inhabitants daily pursuits- play, music and family. The exhibition features new pieces from my ongoing body of work, originally inspired by an experience as a caretaker for another couple’s home over ten years ago. Now raising two young sons with my husband, the domestic scenes frame the dual experience of both artist and mother. Notably, many works were created using printmaking techniques such as silkscreen, drypoint, relief and mono-printing.

As the current pandemic has dramatically shifted global and local focus towards life at home, and many had been collectively required to shelter in place, “Shelter (Our) Place” portrays a hopeful perspective of joyful communion, celebrating the connections found in the most ordinary and intimate spaces.

Preparing for the Next Day

Silkscreen edition of 7, 26” x 22”

Woven

Silkscreen edition of 7, 22” x 27”

Woven Variation

Silkscreen, ink and colored pencil, 22” x 27”
Private collection

Interruption

Silkscreen edition of 13, 12” x 9”

Cats in Subconscious Spaces

Silkscreen edition of 20, 9” x 13”

Floater

Drypoint and monotype, 11” x 14”

Compact

Drypoint and monotype, 11” x 14”

Warmest Wishes, 1/6

Drypoint and monotype, edition of 6, 11” x 14”

#1 Mom / Work in Progress, 1/6

Drypoint and monotype, edition of 6, 18” x 24”

The Ongoing Construction of Sunshine City

Oil on Canvas, 44” x 40”
Represented by Rela Art

Jacob's Ladder 4/13

Mixed media collage varied edition, 72” x 40”

Jacob's Ladder 5/13

Mixed media collage varied edition, 72” x 40”

Jacob's Ladder 6/13

Mixed media collage varied edition, 72” x 40”

Success with Houseplants I

Silkscreen edition of 12, 17” x 14”

Mantle 3/18

Silkscreen varied edition of 18, 9” x 9”

Mantle 5/18

Silkscreen varied edition of 18, 9” x 9”

Mantle 8/18

Silkscreen varied edition of 18, 9” x 9”

Mantle 12/18

Silkscreen varied edition of 18, 9” x 9”

Nocturne

Colored pencil and oil pastel on paper, 22” x 30”

Sink 1/4

Relief on handmade paper, varied edition of four, 10” x 13”

Sink 2/4

Relief on handmade paper, varied edition of four, 10” x 13”

Twenty Four Seven

The varied edition Twenty Four Seven depicts my living room, which also serves as a play area for my three children, with vivid color on brightly hued handmade paper. As the title suggests, the room undergoes many changes throughout the day and night. Early mornings, cheerful play and generous sharing, give way to tearful transitions concluding with a peaceful melancholy as the sun sets and our day draws to an end. The wonders and challenges of each twenty four hour period are always passing and yet continually reencountered anew the following morning. The act of preparing and printing the plate serves to frame my perspective as both artist and mother. The inclusion of an easel in Twenty Four Seven hints at this dual role.

Twenty Four Seven 1/12 varied edition

Relief and intaglio on colored paper mounted on panel, 24” x 18”

Twenty Four Seven, 2/12 varied edition

Relief and intaglio on colored paper mounted on panel, 24” x 18”

Twenty Four Seven 3/12, varied edition

Relief and intaglio on colored paper mounted on panel, 24” x 18”

Twenty Four Seven 4/12, varied edition

Relief and intaglio on colored paper mounted on panel, 24” x 18”

Twenty Four Seven 5/12, varied edition

Relief and intaglio on colored paper mounted on panel, 24” x 18”

Twenty Four Seven, 6/12

Relief and intaglio on colored paper mounted on panel, 24” x 18”

Small Collages

Currents

8” x 6” Collage

Dreams Happen at Night

8” x 6” Collage

Eclipse

8” x 6” Collage

Identifying Minerals

8” x 6” Collage

Igneous Rocks

8” x 6” Collage

Looking Up

8” x 6” Collage

Milky Way

8” x 6” Collage

Moon Shots

8” x 6” Collage

Overlook

8” x 6” Collage

Overnight

8” x 6” Collage

Practicing a New Perspective

8” x 6” Collage

Reaching Out

8” x 6” Collage

Seas, 1034

8” x 6” Collage

Small Planets

8” x 6” Collage

Structures

8” x 6” Collage

You are Here

8” x 6” Collage

[Moon Surface]

8” x 6” Collage

Jacob's Ladder

The first six images of the Jacob’s Ladder series presents a view looking up my staircase. I am planning to complete the series with the next six images looking down the staircase and the final image overlapping the two perspectives.

As indicated by the title Jacob’s Ladder, the series was inspired by the story of Jacob’s supernatural dream of angels ascending and descending heaven, found in Genesis. The imagery of the dream is hauntingly beautiful. In my own home, the staircase is a necessary architectural feature but also presents potential danger to the two youngest inhabitants, children under the age of three, hence the gate.

The baby gate functions as the focal point to the composition with its open position encouraging the viewer to imagine entering the space and climbing the stairs. Rather than depict the scene literally, multiple perspectives and noticeable seams between the individual tiles alter the interior scene. Found paper, layers of saturated hues and other imagery cause the depiction to shift in and out of focus. By both repeating and abstracting the image, the series hints at the characteristics of the spaces inhabitants and the liveliness of their daily activity in an open-ended way. And as the title indicates, the work hints at an expectation of an unexplained interruption from a heavenly source.

Jacob's Ladder 1/13

Mixed media collage varied edition, 72” x 40”

Jacob's Ladder 1/13 detail

Jacob's Ladder 2/13

Mixed media collage varied edition, 72” x 40”

Jacob's Ladder 2/13 detail

Jacob's Ladder 3/13

Mixed media collage varied edition, 72” x 40”

Jacob's Ladder 3/13 detail

Throne Time Out Chair

I participated in Phoenix Rising Printmaking Cooperative's twentieth anniversary celebration with BIG INK fall of 2018. Twenty-one other printmakers including invited artists from throughout the state and Phoenix members also carved relief blocks printed during the event.

My piece, Throne Time Out Chair was inspired by a moment when my children adorned our mid-century chair with a play mop and broom by hanging them onto the chair’s arms, transforming it into a mock throne. The same chair’s ongoing use had been as a location for time-outs. I was struck by a single object’s ability to both represent authority to be exerted elsewhere, as well as authority removed and limited to an isolated location.

In the finished image, an abstracted depiction of the broom is still hanging while the mop is lying across the floor. The door behind the chair is represented as both opening and closing, further expanding the narrative.

Shelter (changing, especially unpredictably)

Commission for Nationwide Mutual Insurance on display in the Plaza One building

Shelter (changing, especially unpredictably) 1/3

Mixed media collage varied edition, 32” x 32”

Shelter (changing, especially unpredictably) 1/3 detail

Shelter (changing, especially unpredictably) 2/3

Mixed media collage varied edition, 32” x 32”

Shelter (changing, especially unpredictably) 2/3 detail

Shelter (changing, especially unpredictably) 3/3

Mixed media collage varied edition, 32” x 32”

Shelter (changing, especially unpredictably) 3/3 detail

Study for Shelter (changing, especially unpredictably)

Mixed media collage varied edition, 8” x 8” - private collection

Trains

My children rotate almost daily between their current favorite toys- blocks, cars, and trains. In "Trains," the furniture is found lined up to accommodate their committed occupation, conducting a procession of locomotives over, around, and through carefully laid track. With the series, I chose to treat each silkscreen individually, manipulating ink and overlapping parts of the image upside-down. Within the series, some of the prints provide an easily recognizable representation of the space while others break down the image to suggest the topsy-turvy nature of parenting.

Trains 1/14

Silkscreen varied edition, 16” x 20” - private collection

Trains 2/14

Silkscreen with collage, varied edition of fourteen, 16” x 20” - private collection

Trains 3/14

Silkscreen varied edition of fourteen, 16” x 20”

Trains 4/14

Silkscreen varied edition of fourteen, 16” x 20”

Trains 5/14

Silkscreen varied edition of fourteen, 16” x 20”

Trains 6/14

Silkscreen varied edition of fourteen, 16” x 20”

Trains 8/14

Silkscreen varied edition of fourteen, 16” x 20”

Trains 9/14

Silkscreen varied edition of fourteen, 16” x 20”

Trains 10/14

Silkscreen varied edition of fourteen, 16” x 20”

Friday Afternoon

Friday Afternoon 2/6

Mixed media collage on panel, varied edition; 22" x 26" - private collection

Friday Afternoon 1/6

Mixed media collage on panel, varied edition; 22" x 26" - private collection

Friday Afternoon 3/6

Mixed media collage mounted on panel, varied edition; 22" x 26" -

Friday Afternoon 4/6

Mixed media collage mounted on panel, varied edition; 22" x 26"

Friday Afternoon 5/6

Mixed media collage mounted on panel, varied edition; 22" x 26"

Friday Afternoon 6/6

Mixed media collage mounted on panel, varied edition; 22" x 26"

Small Varied Edition Works

A Kindly Waiting 2/6

Relief and colored pencil, varied edition of 6, 9.5” x 9.5”
Private collection

A Kindly Waiting 1/6

Relief and colored pencil, varied edition of 6, 9.5” x 9.5”

A Kindly Waiting 3/6

Relief and colored pencil, varied edition of 6, 9.5” x 9.5”

A Kindly Waiting 4/6

Relief and colored pencil, varied edition of 6, 9.5” x 9.5”

A Kindly Waiting 5/6

Relief and colored pencil, varied edition of 6, 9.5” x 9.5”

Goldilocks 1/6

Relief and colored pencil, varied edition of 6, 9.5” x 9.5”

Goldilocks 2/6

Relief and colored pencil, varied edition of 6, 9.5” x 9.5”

Goldilocks 3/6

Relief and colored pencil, varied edition of 6, 9.5” x 9.5”
Private collection

Goldilocks 4/6

Relief and colored pencil, varied edition of 6, 9.5” x 9.5”

Goldilocks 5/6

Relief and colored pencil, varied edition of 6, 9.5” x 9.5”

To Do Ta Da 1/6

Relief and colored pencil, varied edition of 6, 9.5” x 9.5”

To Do Ta Da 2/6

Relief and colored pencil, varied edition of 6, 9.5” x 9.5”

To Do Ta Da 6/6

Relief and colored pencil on paper, varied edition of 6, 9.5” x 9.5”

Interior Collages

Kitchen View

Mixed media on panel, 12" x 12," - Commission for the Greater Columbus Convention Center Art Collection

Amarylith

Mixed media collage on panel, 13.5" x 21" - private collection

Tidy Cacti

Mixed media collage on panel, 14.5" x 18.5" - private collection

Threw the Ground

Mixed media on panel, 12” x 9,” private collection

Drapery Study Green Tea

Mixed media collage on panel, 18” x 21,” private collection

Building a Sanctuary

Mixed media collage on paper, 32.5" x 28.5” - private collection

Outgrowth

Mixed media on panel, 12" x 12" - private collection

Domestic Partners I

Mixed media on paper mounted on panel - private collection

Domestic Partners II

Mixed media on paper mounted on panel - private collection

Spring Cleaning

Mixed media on paper mounted on panel, 9" x 12"

Utopia Desert Haze

Mixed media collage on paper - private collection

What I Can Hear from My Kitchen

Mixed media collage on paper - private collection

Westminster Kitchen Dream

Mixed media on paper, 10" x 8" - private collection

Long Enough to Hear an Echo

Mixed media on paper - 10" x 8" - included in the Hilton Downtown Columbus collection

Stairway

Mixed media on paper - Framed 10.5" x 8.5" - included in the Hilton Downtown Columbus collection

This bookcase flys away

Mixed media collage - 10" x 8" - private collection

This Island We Live On

He Remembers that We are Dust

Oil on Canvas - 48" x 36" - private collection

Growing to be Grown

Oil on Canvas - 16" x 20" - private collection

Listens

Oil on canvas - 27" x 21" - private collection

Neighbor

Mixed media collage on paper - 12" x 9"

Lime Green Bedroom

Mixed media on paper - 12" x 9" - private collection

What happens in a parking lot stays in a parking lot

Mixed media on paper - 12" x 9" - private collection

Symphony

Mixed media collage on paper - 12" x 9"

Building Up

Mixed media on paper - 12" x 9" - private collection

Small Blue House

Mixed media collage on paper - 12" x 9"

Marriage

Mixed media on paper - 12" x 9"

The Sign

Oil on Canvas - 18" x 18"

Construction

Oil on Canvas - 44" x 40"

Building One and Building Two

Mixed media collage on paper, framed 20.5" x 16.5" each
Building Two - private collection

Up and Down

Oil on Canvas - 54" x 78"
Represented by Rela Art

The Ascension

Oil on Canvas - 54" x 78"

Stardust Staredust Stirdust

Startdust Staredust Stirdust was a solo exhibition at Wild Goose Creative in Columbus, Ohio in 2010.

Night

Installation at The Luminary Center for the Arts in St. Louis, Missouri as a part of the When We Build Let Us Think We Build Forever exhibition in 2009.