Nate Christenson

Self Portrait with Paint
The portrait, aware of its material existence, reacts to the scrutinizing gaze of the viewer.

Cultural Self Portrait
A self portrait with ripped out pages of an encyclopedia and found objects that represent the cultural background of the artist.

Journey to the Soul
Ink and watercolor drawing of a set of matryoshka dolls that illustrates the inner corruption of man. If something looks like it has symbolic significance in this drawing, it probably does.

The Judgment of Ideas
An illustration of the inner critic within every artist.

I Won't Wear Makeup
Watercolor painting, based on multiple memories from growing up in China, that explores "the performance" as a facade with deep cultural roots.

Nothing Personal to See Here
Large scale oil painting using a glazing technique. The line between real and artificial is brought into question in a future where a personalized web experience has been merged into the physical environment.

Power Lines
Man's contribution to the natural landscape.

Isolation
Fences intended to keep out wandering animals have a tendency to keep in the wondering ones.

Pollution
A large scale drawing of a dystopian landscape.

The Mystical Planes
Monuments from ages past.

There Be Dragons
It was said that during the summer months you could see them gliding above the sand, flickering in a multitude of glorious color.