Kristina Boardman

I was born in Lancashire, England and emigrated to Canada as a young girl, settling in Alberta. One summer we went for a holiday to the west coast and my parents fell in love with Victoria and we moved the following year. We grew up surrounded by beaches and lakes and were always having family picnics at our local Esquimalt Lagoon on Victoria’s west shore. That was the beginning of many walks along the beach collecting pebbles.

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After graduating from high school I returned to Alberta and later attended the Alberta College of Art and Design where I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, majoring in both drawing and painting. Then the pull of the west coast brought me back to Victoria, where I have remained. In the following years there have been many walks on the beach with my own family, each of us with heavy pockets full of special stones.

I have always had the stones in the back of my mind and finally decided to let them out on canvas! I am endlessly intrigued with the varied color, texture and markings of these beautiful stones. I am often holding them as I paint, and they give me a feeling of peace and tranquility.

I create a simple line drawing as a place to begin on the canvas, with the composition coming from my imagination. I then use the actual stones as reference for shape and tone and interesting features. The painting develops as the paint lands on the canvas, one stone and then another. The stones shift around on the canvas as they settle into place, just as they would rest on the beach when carried by waves. I enjoy the element of surprise of not knowing what the final painting is going to look like until it is complete. It is my own version of what I see along Canada’s beautiful coastlines.

24" x 48" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$3700.00 CDN
60" x 20" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$3900.00 CDN
30" x 20" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$2000.00 CDN
20" x 60" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$3900.00 CDN
42" x 30" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$4100.00 CDN
48" x 36" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$5600.00 CDN
24" x 36" acrylic (unframed)
$2800.00 CDN
48" x 36" acrylic (unframed)
$5600.00 CDN
36" x 48" acrylic (unframed)
$5600.00 CDN
6" x 6" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$125.00 CDN
6" x 6" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$125.00 CDN
6" x 6" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$125.00 CDN
6" x 6" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$125.00 CDN
6" x 6" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$125.00 CDN
6" x 6" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$125.00 CDN
6" x 6" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$125.00 CDN
6" x 6" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$125.00 CDN
6" x 6" acrylic (gallery wrap)
$125.00 CDN
6" x 6" mixed media (gallery wrap)
$125.00 CDN