Shows, News, Exhibits
Exhibits:
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center has paintings of Texas wildflowers
on display and for sale. Boxed cards are also for sale at the Center.
Artwork is primarily displayed throughout the artist's home and can be
viewed by contacting Chrissie. This allows her to keep prices reasonable.
Call 512-417-1764 or 512-291-2050.
News:
After the show in Santa Barbara, Chrissie drove home via Sedona where she
spent a week painting. Two paintings from that drive are on the New
Paintings page. "The Clouds of West Texas" is her favorite.
Many new still life paintings have kept Chrissie busy last winter. Her
mentor Sarkis Antikajian insists that artists must all paint many still lifes if
they expect to continue learning and improving. A couple of these still lifes
are tributes to Antikajian.
Last March and April, Forbes and her husband visited Chile, Argentina, the
Falkland Islands, and Uruguay. She's painted the Strait of Magellan with
its magnificent clouds at sunrise.
All the rain of spring 2010 brought a superb display of color and flowers.
Again she drove madly from one colorful scene to another, gathering ideas
for new wildflower paintings. The fields near Plano were unbelievable!
Those paintings are sprinkled about the website. Some have only recently
been completed and are on the New Paintings page including a new one of
longhorns.
After a trip to San Diego in July, capturing the power of waves crashing is
Chrissie's new challenge and passion. These wave paintings just keep
coming.
You can see a painting of Chrissie's childhood home in Montecito which
burned down in the Tea Fire of 2008. The home was called "La Bergerie"
and is currently being rebuilt.
Forbes has had fun painting birds in Port Aransas, Texas, after two visits to
the area (once in the summer and again in the winter to catch the larger
migrating birds). You can see a few bird paintings on the Wildlife page.
After two weeks in Tahiti in June, look for paintings of exotic sunsets,
beautiful South Polynesians, and more.
Shows:
No shows are currently planned.
Forbes had a one-person show in Santa Barbara (Montecito),
California in November 2009.
Forbes had a successful one-person show at the Lady Bird Johnson
Wildflower Center the entire month of June 2009.
Private showings can easily be arranged by calling (512) 417-1764 or by e-
mailing Chrissie at: forbestx@austin.rr.com