Close-up of orange paint stroke on white background.
Woman painting outdoors near water during sunset, wearing a blue sweater and blue earrings, smiling as she holds a paintbrush.

About Christine Lange

Christine Lange’s creative voice developed over summers spent in the San Juan Islands, shaped by the shifting rhythms of the Salish Sea, and deepened by her experience with a paintbrush in hand while observing the tides and currents.

Today, summers find her afloat with two close friends and dogs, brush in hand, painting from the deck of her boat as the seascape changes port to port. Panels she prepares on shore carry their own souvenirs in stray blades of grass pressed into the gesso or warm sunlight sealed into the surface, infusing each painting with the feeling of a Pacific Northwest summer. Learn more about her Aluminum Composite Material (ACM) panel preparation process in the video below.

Her plein-air studies, which are salt-air-imbued and lively, return with her to the studio in winter. There she expands into larger compositions that hold the memory of summer. Discipline and spontaneity meet with her signature style that creates a glowing luminosity in her finished pieces similar to the luminism or transcendentalism art traditions, with a vibrant, vivid palette.

Lange’s work is less about capturing a scene than evoking a sensation of long days, slow warmth, and the quiet becoming that happens when you finally arrive where you’ve always belonged.

A Seasonal Process

Working outdoors in summer to capture light, then developing those studies in winter into larger studio compositions.

  • Hand-made panels carry a subtle, personal imprint from the artist’s preparation. Panels can only be made in hot summer heat and are infused with the feeling of Pacific Northwest summer. View the process below.

  • The practice of painting outdoors, directly from the landscape or subject rather than from photographs or memory. The term comes from the French phrase en plein air, meaning “in the open air.”

  • Plein-air paintings are brought into the studio and developed into larger, more detailed compositions.

  • Outdoor scene with an easel holding a landscape painting of a lake and trees. Art supplies and brushes are on a tray at the base of the easel, surrounded by grass near a body of water, with a forested hillside in the background and a cloudy sky.

  • An impressionistic painting of sailboats on water, with a vivid orange and blue color palette, and a cloudy sky in the background.

  • Outdoor scene with a wooden easel holding a landscape painting of a boat on a lake with a forested shoreline, surrounded by kayak boats on the shore and a large body of water under a cloudy sky.

  • Impressionist painting of boats and umbrellas on a body of water at sunset with colorful clouds and reflections.

  • Painting of boats on a calm water lake with trees and a colorful sky in the background, mounted on an easel outdoors near a marina at dusk.

  • A woman with long blonde hair painting a landscape on a canvas outdoors on a boat docked at a marina, with parked boats and trees in the background, and a bouquet of colorful flowers on the table.

  • A watercolor painting of a lakeside scene at sunset featuring several sailboats and motorboats docked near the shore, with forested land and houses in the background, and colorful sky reflected in the water.

Panel Preparation

Cut, sanded, coated, and left to dry in the summer sun. A stray blade of grass, a trace of texture. Each handmade panel carries a little souvenir from the process. Edges smoothed, ready for the studio or the boat.

Press

  • A flyer for a summer group art show at Fountainhead Gallery featuring works by Christine Lange, Anne Belov, and Bobbie Mueller. The flyer includes images of a sunset landscape painting, a photo of two women talking in a cafe, and a watercolor of late summer wetlands. An art piece with a girl tied to a magnifying glass is also visible.

    "Christine Lange" Featured Artist

    Seattle Art Dealers Association Magazine
    July 2025

  • Image of a brochure with artwork images and an artist reception announcement. Features a stuffed animal resembling a dog made of fabric and floral embellishments, multiple paintings of boats, a zebra, and an owl, and details about an art gallery event.

    "Christine Lange" Featured Artist

    Seattle Art Dealers Association Magazine
    April 2023

  • Art exhibition flyer with two paintings, one of water reflections titled "Friday Harbor" and another of a boat at sunset titled "Gig Harbor Anchorage," alongside a colorful painting of a pineapple with animal patterns, text providing details about the artists and reception event.

    "Christine Lange" Featured Artist

    Seattle Art Dealers Association Magazine
    July 2022

  • Poetry Marathon Anthology Book Cover Art

    Book Cover Art

    The Poetry Marathon Anthology
    (Available most places books are sold)
    2021

Artist Resume

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

  • "Opening Day", Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, 2023, Celebrating the Opening Day of boating season in the Puget Sound region, the largest free civic event in the City of Seattle.

  • “Sun on the Sound”, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, 2022

Group Exhibitions

  • "Choose Courage", Holiday Group Show Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2025

  • "Summer Group Show", Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2025

  • "JOY Holiday Group Show", Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2024

Publications & Press

  • Seattle Art Dealers Association Magazine, 2025, 2023, 2022

  • Book Cover, “The Poetry Marathon Anthology” 2021

Professional Experience / Teaching

  • Valerie Collymore Atelier Emerging Artist Program

  • Gage Academy of Art Atelier Primer Program, SoDo

Skills & Mediums

  • Oil painting and Aluminum Composite Material (ACM) Professional Grade Artist Panel Construction

  • Plein Air Painting instruction, Painting demonstrations, exhibition planning, public speaking, and public engagement

Whether it’s collecting a piece, commissioning something unique, or exploring ways to work together, I welcome the chance to connect.

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