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Christine Sajecki

Baltimore, MD

Christine Sajecki earned her BFA in painting with a minor in poetry from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2001. She currently lives in Baltimore MD, at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson as an artist-in-residence. For the past 3 years, the majority of her work has been in encaustic: melted, pigmented beeswax that is applied warm to panel and then continuously remelted, layered, and manipulated. Her work has been included in many juried and solo exhibitions throughout the east coast to Washington state. She has been a guest lecturer and teacher several colleges and art centers, as well as the American Visionary Art Museum. She also teaches workshops in her studio to adults and children.

Artist's Statement:
My paintings are three stories:
One is the story of people and our quirks, our hard work, our loves and sudden losses, our frivolous and fragile and noble enterprises. I frequently use myself as a model, sometimes standing in roles of common scenes I see played out around me, sometimes describing my own affairs, and occasionally impersonating inanimate objects. I aim to feel the impact of each subject, and tell each story from the first person.
Another is the story of paint: how colors change each other by proximity, without touching or blending; how shapes impact their environment; how the holler of a fast, emotional stroke contrasts with the low pops of dots. I paint in wax, with my panel flat on the bench, scraping and heating and carving and spinning it until it's old.
The last is your story.