Christine Polowyj Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1975 -

About Christine Polowyj

Born UK 1975
Emigrated to Australia 1983
Moved from hot, humid Queensland to cooler climate Victoria in 2000

The depths and highs of human emotion, uncomfortable situations and challenging human behaviours inspire me in embracing the awkward, the difficult, the strange, the vibrant and the irrational. Reflexively, this goes some way to accepting the self and becomes the main motivation for communicating such emotional display/acceptance on canvas.

If an artwork can inspire a viewer to contemplate challenging aspects of their own inner lives, the purpose of each work is further fulfilled.

Painting is the positive outcome in my adult life of a difficult adolescence. The eventual suicide by my mother in 1993 was the catalyst for self-examination to healthily accept such a deep loss and desire to continue my interest in art on my own terms. The idea of formal art study felt too overwhelming; I was more comfortable developing my art in tandem with the deeper understanding borne from experience and a lateral approach to practicing art and life.