Christ Church Gallery

“Acres of Awe”, Christine Dryden
36” x 36”, original oil on gallery-wrapped canvas
unframed

Recent Exhibitions:
Sept 2025, Catalyst Solo Show, Charlotte
April 2024, Christ Church Gallery March Group Show, Charlotte, NC

“Self Awareness”, Christine Dryden
36” x 36”, mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
unframed

Collection: Self Series
Student
growth, seeking insight

Recent Exhibitions:
Feb 2026, Featured Artist, Charlotte Studio Arts, Charlotte
Sept 2025, Catalyst Solo Show, Charlotte
June 2025, Myers Park Group Show, Charlotte
April 2024, Christ Church Gallery Group Show, Charlotte

“Self Service”, Christine Dryden
18” x 24”, mixed media on canvas
framed in silver floater frame

Collection: Self Series
Community Servant
volunteerism, celebrating collective effervescence

Recent Exhibitions:
Feb 2026, Featured Artist, Charlotte Studio Arts, Charlotte
June 2025, Myers Park Group Show, Charlotte
May 2024, Midwood Home Tour, Charlotte

“Self Expression”, Christine Dryden
18” x 24”, mixed media on canvas
framed in silver floater frame

Collection: Self Series
Artist
creativity, finding voice

Recent Exhibitions:
Feb 2026, Featured Artist, Charlotte Studio Arts, Charlotte
June 2025, Myers Park Group Show, Charlotte
May 2024, Midwood Home Tour, Charlotte

“Self Reliance”, Christine Dryden
18” x 24”, mixed media on canvas
framed in silver floater frame

Collection: Self Series
Entrepreneur
ingenuity, sharing resources

Recent Exhibitions:
Feb 2026, Featured Artist, Charlotte Studio Arts, Charlotte
June 2025, Myers Park Group Show, Charlotte
May 2024, Midwood Home Tour , Charlotte

“Self Reflection”, Christine Dryden
20” x 16”, mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
unframed

Collection: Self Series
Sister
partnership, seeing humanity

Artist statement for VAPA Center juried exhibition “Art as Autobiography”

“Self Reflection” is one of eleven paintings in an abstract series created during visits to our family’s West Jefferson cabin in 2023. The paintings were developed side-by-side, layer-by-layer, each one getting a stroke of every color mixed, with every color mixed from the remainder of the previous color.

These paintings were a meditation on “Self” and each canvas represented a role that make up the whole me… mother, daughter, partner, sister, aunt, artist, entrepreneur, community servant, student, spirit, and potential.

The integration of the last color into the next symbolized the blending of the edges between the moments and experiences of our lives, and the blending of the many parts of ourselves.

In my process, I would add a stroke to address what one painting needed at that moment, but then I would intentionally repeat that mark/color into the other ten paintings, whether they needed it or not. Sometimes that created chaos that had to be addressed with a new mark, which then would impact all of the other paintings. It was a process of integration, and a realization that all roles/parts of ourselves influence one another.

Exhibitions:
Feb 2026, Featured Artist, Charlotte Studio Arts, Charlotte
Sept 2025: Art as Autobiography Group Show, VAPA, Charlotte
April 2024: Christ Church Gallery March Group Show, Charlotte

“Self Adhesive”, Christine Dryden
20” x 16”, mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
unframed

Collection: Self Series
Partner
commitment, collaborating comprehensively

Exhibitions:
Feb 2026, Featured Artist, Charlotte Studio Arts, Charlotte

“Self Guidance”, Christine Dryden
24” x 24”, mixed media on gallery-wrapped canvas
unframed

Collection: Self Series
Mother
security, guiding unconditionally

Recent Exhibitions:
Feb 2026, Featured Artist, Charlotte Studio Arts, Charlotte
June 2025, Myers Park Group Show, Charlotte
April 2024, Christ Church Gallery Group Show, Charlotte

“Drifting”, Christine Dryden
20” x 24”, original oil on canvas, framed

Exhibited at Christ Church Gallery March Group Show in Charlotte, NC, through April 1, 2024.

Now available at StudioWorks Gallery, Charlotte

“I Thought I Saw a Light Shine, Christine Dryden
20” x 20”, original oil on gallery-wrapped canvas
unframed

Reserved for Myers Park Foundation “Art for the Park” auction, Charlotte. Feb 2024

recent exhibition: Christ Church Gallery March Group Show in Charlotte, NC, through April 1, 2024.

“The Question That You Found”, Christine Dryden
36” x 36”, original oil on gallery-wrapped canvas
unframed

Recent exhibition: Midwood Home Tour (2020 Winter Street) on May 3-4, 2024. See all work available there.