About The Work

Christine Bush Roman creates works of visual maximalism. Her mixed-media paintings explore themes of neurodiversity, womanhood, and the perception of time.

While heavy issues are often at play in her imagery, Roman’s work acknowledges the absurd nature of modern existence. Her work reflects how one’s private perception of time and existence often conflicts with the requirements and expectations of society. Through drawing, painting, printmaking, and collage, Roman maps elaborate inner worlds and pokes fun at being human. Her pieces straddle the line between whimsical and playful, and dark and disquieting. The work is often chaotic and abstract with elements of surrealism. Each painting is unique and contains its own narrative, but the style is unified by a distinctive approach to color and mark-making that combines anthropomorphized creatures, geometry, sprawling organic shapes, and patterns.

In the belief that art-making is a balance between intuition and planning, her works combine instinctive mark-making and strategic thematic imagery. The pieces are created using traditional water-based drawing and painting materials and sometimes incorporate collaged papers and textiles, found objects, wax, and threads.

About The Artist

Christine Bush Roman is an artist and educator based in Charleston, South Carolina. She earned her MFA from the University of Georgia in 2013. Roman is an adjunct instructor at the College of Charleston and teaches K-12 art classes with various local groups. You can find her work at Miller Gallery and at ChristineBushRoman.com.