Fire Zinnia

Fire ZinniaChristina Weaver grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. She studied painting and drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Indiana University Bloomington. She has received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant for artists who work representationally and was recently a resident artist at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has taught art in a variety of settings and

we have looked up to the heavens and discovered the constellations

Statement: Lately I’ve been occupied with hedges

These spaces are what she believes makes our cities so special

"By focusing on the natural world in a state of flux

you can learn about both

as is true for any artist trying to translate the world without a photographic memory to support them

and I eventually moved to Japan in 2020

orange peel

depicting the mysterious and sometimes mischievous adventures of ordinary and exotic creatures

it isn’t shaped like an arm

Wendy enjoys work as a visual designer for a tech company and she recently published a children's book called Forest Friends

you will reflect on that day’s positive experiences and focus on how to craft a more fulfilling tomorrow