C. Nauman

BIOGRAPHY

Over the last few decades, Christine Nauman has achieved significant recognition for her original oil paintings.  Her distinguished style is based on the conservative traditions of nineteenth-century landscapes combined with the characteristics of tonal paintings and an impressionist's perception.

Born April 20, 1954 and raised in Chatham, New Jersey, Nauman demonstrated natural talent in creating at a young age.  She began formal art training at age nine, and at age eleven, exhibited her work with adult artists in a fine art gallery. Experiences and training throughout the years has enriched her unique interpretation of a classical style depicting delicate, yet powerful images in oil.

In May, 1982, Nauman moved to Tokyo and lived there until the spring of 1986. Based on her personal experiences and observations while traveling extensively throughout the Orient, she developed an understanding that within simplicity there is no limit to beauty.  Nauman began to rid her compositions of the inessentials.  Her strong sense of design continued, and a specific time of day and atmospheric mood appeared in her paintings.

Nauman enhanced her artistic vision in another direction by traveling to England, France, and Italy.  She continues her travels to historic cities, visiting museums and sketching the countryside while photographing various points of interest.  The concept of some paintings may begin from references of these travels.  Nevertheless, they progress solely by her artistic skill.

FORMAL STUDIES

1963 - 1965 - Pastel drawing - Chatham, New Jersey

1965 - 1966 - Oil painting - Chatham, New Jersey

1979 - 1981 - Oil Methods of the Masters - Houston, Texas

1983 - 1986 - The Ichiyo School of Floral Art - Tokyo

1984 - 1985 - Life Drawing in charcoal - Tokyo

1987 - 1989 - Life Drawing in charcoal - New Jersey Center of Fine Art - Summit

COLLECTIONS

Her work is in over nine hundred private and public collections throughout the United States, Europe and the Far East.  Corporate collectors include Kuwait National Petroleum, Kraft Foods Corporation and Xerox Corporation.