About the Artist • Christine Sandifur received her B.F.A. in printmaking and sculpture        from Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle,Washington in 1994. • She taught Introduction and Advanced Printmaking at Grand Canyon       University 1996-2004 • She was the director of the A.P. Tell Gallery at Grand Canyon       University from 2003-2004 • She developed a Monotype Workshop for other artists in 1997 • She was the guest curator at the Herberger Theater Center for       2004-2005. • Her work is represented by Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ • Her art has been included in several issues of the Hayden’s Ferry       Review purchased for the City of Phoenix print collection. •  She was a member of the Arizona Print Group from 2000-2005. •  She is a member of artlink, Inc., Phoenix, AZ •  Guest speaker for panel discussion at Shemer Art Center and       Museum, Artist Cafe •  City of Phoenix Career Development Grant, for mentoring a      student in printmaking - 2006  Artist Statement My life and my work are always having a dialog.  There is a collision of  ideas taking place when working with ink, paper and press.  Each piece leads me along a path of discovery. The monotype is a painterly, and a fresh spontaneous way of creating.  I use various printmaking techniques, alone and in combination, and enjoy layering the colors.  All the choices are dictated by the content of each series, and by my continued interest in themes of repetition and replication. Through the use of observations, childhood memories, and current events, even the abstracts are narratives.   It is the printing process itself that keeps me interested, along with the artistic problem solving. Common in the newest series of Monoprints is a reliance upon structure. A square motif using additive and subtractive methods is repeated often enough in the total composition to make a new dominant feature.   My influence comes from patchwork quilts, stone inlays, pathways, and mosaics. When two ideas that you had previously thought opposites, are reconciled it opens up many possibilities.  A giant step takes place when you teach yourself that paradox is simply a natural part of life.

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