The Red Studio

A solo exhibition of artwork surveying the years 2008 to 2020 by renowned painter Robert Christie. This period of work encompasses a new approach in Christie’s creative process.

Engaging the viewer in a compelling, purely visual experience is the primary outcome of a painting by Robert Christie. Using a creative process of exploration and development, each work goes through an ambitious negotiation of visual elements including all the dimensions of colour, texture, edge, proportion, and real and implied space. There is a building up and taking away of parts. A merging of two and three dimensions. A harmony of careful design and spontaneous discovery. Christie does not make a presupposed picturesque composition within a frame. The resulting object produced through his creative process is a discovered composition. More unique, fresher and surprising than a predetermined arrangement. For the viewer, the artworks are playful, dynamic and beautiful.