A multi-genre unique book reflecting a remarkable serendipitous journey through Christine’s original 68 colorful and bold contemporary artworks and her original 100 prose style literary writings. Often, her artworks and writings are related. The reader is invited to experience and reflect on their own interpretation of the themes of nature, people, places, commentaries and ideas reflecting cultural diversities.
Cherry Blossom Trees Literary Writings and Artworks is bound with purple linen with gold foil stamping and dust jacket.
About the Author
Christine was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She is a 1969 graduate of the University of Washington, Seattle, with a BA in sociology, a minor in history and a secondary teaching certificate. Christine resides in Poway, California, with her husband Dennis, a retired intellectual property attorney. They have two daughters Erika and Britt who also reside in Southern California. Together as a family they have lived in Seattle, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, and San Diego.
What's Being Said
"Christine Renhard Stenstrom’s work as a painter and writer vividly reminds us that just as painting can speak, writing can picture, help us to see, to enjoy, and to determine for ourselves beauties seen and unseen all around us. The intersections of different art forms themselves are points at which understanding and feeling intensify and achieve clarity."
Richard J. Dunn, Professor Emeritus of English, University of Washington
"Christine Renhard Stenstrom has given us a new gestalt through which art and prose illuminate each other in vivid colors and memorable text. This work elicits visceral, aesthetic and spiritual responses to the depictions and descriptions that are framed by this remarkable work ."
Maureen Wimberly Groer, RN, PhD, FAAN, Gordon Keller Professor, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
"When I traverse with Christine in “Chief Sealth From Above” to “Senorita,
Dos Boletos, Por Favor?” then “Lost Blossoms of Promise” to the “Flight
From Kosovo” onward to “Blue Heavens of 9/11” and further “Bourbon Street and Black and White Diamonds”, my journey witnesses contemporary political renderings displayed in brilliant color accompanied by authentic message. While her pastel and watercolor impressions of these events are gloriously taciturn, she boldly gives empathetic testimony to our planet’s condition. Every sojourner of of “Cherry Blossom Trees” will delight in creatively participating with Christine as she ceremoniously takes us with her through life’s encounters. This artist’s solicitous collection will induce humble appreciation for life in the 21st century."
Margot Wallace Artist, Teacher, Friend
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