About Christine
Christine Rooney’s love for broad bands of color, horizon lines, and quiet landscapes began on the small family farm near Springfield, Ohio where she grew up. After graduating in fine arts from The Ohio State University in 1970, Ms. Rooney worked as a landscape artist for an architectural design firm in Palo Alto, California. While in California, she also studied art at San Jose State University and Foothill College.
In 1973, she and her husband, Michael, moved back to the East Coast. She resumed graduate studies at West Chester State University in Pennsylvania and later at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia. During this time she began working as a freelance artist.
She has won numerous awards and has shown in solo and group invitational gallery shows. In addition to painting, Christine teaches classes and workshops in drawing, pastel, and encaustic painting.
Ms. Rooney works in a variety of mediums: silverpoint, graphite, encaustics, pastels and oils. Her home studio is in Lynchburg, Virginia near the Blue Ridge Mountains. You may see her works at her downtown studio above The Art Box at the corner of 12th and Clay Streets. She teaches classes and workshops in pastel and encaustic painting. Since 2019, Christine has demo workshops for R&F encaustic and pigment sticks.
Education and Further Studies
2016-2023 Encaustic studies with Dietlind Vander Schaaf at the Maine Coast Encaustic Workshop Retreat.
2015 Encaustic studies with Kim Bernard at the Maine Coast Encaustic Workshop Retreats.
1995-2015 Studies with Ron Boehmer in Staunton and Lynchburg, Virginia; Kevin Fitzgerald at Long Branch Studios, Maryland;
Albert Handell, Janet Wilkins, and Robert Stuart in Staunton, Virginia; Joanne Mattera in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
2011-2014 International Encaustic Conference, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Massachusetts.
1997 Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, VA. Certificate of Major: History and Literature of Music
1984 Graduate program in Education at West Chester State University, West Chester, Pa.
1972 Foothill College, Palo Alto, Ca. Independent art studies.
1971 San Jose State University, San Jose, Ca. Independent art studies.
1970 The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. BFA in painting and printing.
Teaching Experience
2019-2023 Introduction demonstrations in the encaustic and oil stick mediums for R&F Paints located in Kingston, New York.
2010-2023 Classes in pastels and encaustic painting, drawing at The Art Box and Academy of Fine Arts in Lynchburg, VA
2008 Coordinator of the Albert Handell Pastel Workshop in Lynchburg, VA
2005-2023 Encaustic and pastel painting workshops at The Lynchburg Academy of Fine Arts and The Art Box in Lynchburg and Crozet, VA.
2006-2008 Encaustic workshops at the Beverley Street Studio School, Staunton, VA
2004-2023 Lecture/demonstration for encaustic and pastel painting in Lynchburg, Staunton, Crozet, and Charlottesville VA.
1996-2023 Teaching classes and workshops in composition, drawing, pastel painting, and encaustic painting in Lynchburg and Staunton, VA.Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Exhibitions
PARTIAL LIST OF EXHIBITIONS
(* indicates invitational; ** indicates juried award)
2023 “Voices of Fire” November, Alexander Heath Gallery, Roanoke, VA*
2023 Featured Artist, October, CoArt Gallery, Staunton, VA*
2023 Bath County Art Show, Outstanding Contemporary Award, Hot Springs, VA **
2023 Staunton-Augusta Art Center, Grounded: Landscape Exploration in Wax, Staunton, VA*
2022 14th Annual Juried Show at Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
2021 VMRC National Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA** Purchase Award
2019 National Juried Art Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA
2019 VMRC National Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA
2018 Featured Artist, November, CoArt Gallery, Staunton, VA*
2018 Two-Person Exhibition, Two Artists Landscape Show, October 2018, Lynchburg Art Club, Lynchburg, VA*
2018 Group Exhibition, Portrait Show, September 2018, Lynchburg Art Club, Lynchburg, VA
2018 Solo Exhibition, John Stewart Walker, June1-July 15, Lynchburg, VA*
2018 National Juried Art Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA *
2017 Group Exhibition, “Painting Virginia” Invitational Show, The Wayne Theatre, Waynesboro, VA*
2016 Solo Exhibition, March/April, The Renaissance Theatre, Lynchburg, VA.
2016 VMRC National Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA*
2015 Solo Exhibition, The Silver Thistle in May, Lynchburg, VA
2014 Featured Artist, October, Beverly St. Co-Art Gallery, Staunton, VA
2014 50th Annual Bath County Art Show, Hot Springs, VA **
2014 Group Exhibition, “National American Landscape Show”,
Juror: M. Stephen Doherty, editor of Plein Air Magazine, Co-Art Gallery, Staunton, VA*
2014 VMRC National Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA Purchase Award * **
2013 Riverviews Artspace 5th Annual Juried Art Show, Lynchburg, VA.*
2013 Solo Exhibition, “Visions and Vistas”, Ann White Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA*
2013 Seventh International Encaustic Conference Juried Exhibition, Provincetown, MA *
2012 Sixth International Encaustic Conference Juried Exhibition, Provincetown, MA *
2012 VMRC National Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA Excellence Award * **
2012 National Juried Art Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA.*
2012 Nelson Gallery’s 13th Annual Juried Show, Lexington, VA*
2011 National Juried Art Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA*
2011 VMRC National Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA*
2011 Nelson Gallery’s 12th Annual Juried Show, Lexington, VA.*
2010 PEN Women Art Show; The Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA
2010 Pastel Palettes X 5”, Westlake Library Gallery, Hardy, VA *
2010 Featured Artist for September, Co-Op Gallery, Staunton, VA *
2010 VMRC National Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA *
2009 Nelson Gallery’s 10th Annual Juried Show, Lexington, VA *
2009 National Juried Art Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA *
2009 VMRC National Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA * **
2009 Solo Exhibition, Lynchburg Art Club, Lynchburg, VA
2008 National Juried Art Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA* **
2007 Solo Exhibition, Remembrance of Things Past, Spruce Creek Gallery, Nellysford, VA *
2007 Two-Person Invitational Exhibition, Two Artists: Ranzini and Rooney, Nelson Gallery, Lexington, VA*
2007 Featured Artist, June, Co-Art Gallery, Staunton, VA *
2007 Academy of Fine Arts Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Lynchburg, VA * **
2006 Small Works Show, Spruce Creek Gallery, Nellysford, VA*
2006 Nelson Fine Art Gallery Art Show, Lexington, VA *
2006 42nd Annual Bath County Art Show, Hot Springs, VA Judges Choice Award **
2006 3rd Annual Juried Multimedia Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA *
2006 9th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Montpelier Center, Montpelier,VA *
2006 9th Annual National Juried Competition, Gallery West, Alexandria, VA *
2006 Two-Person Exhibition, Christine Rooney & Pamela Wallace, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA *
2006 Lynchburg Juried Art Show, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA *
2005 Three-Person Exhibition, Lynchburg Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA *
2005 26th Annual Roanoke City Art Show, Roanoke, VA*
2005 Lynchburg Juried Art Show, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA*
2004 5th Annual Juried Art Show, Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, VA* **
2004 25th Annual Roanoke City Art Show, Roanoke, VA*
2004 Rawls Museum, 41st Juried Exhibit, Courtland, VA*
2004 Staunton Augusta 38th Annual Art in the Park, Staunton, VA* **
2004 Lynchburg Juried Art Show, Lynchburg, VA* **
2003 Two-Person Invitational Exhibition, Different Perspectives, Lynchburg Art Club, Lynchburg, VA
2003 Lynchburg Art Festival (Sept. 20, 2003), Lynchburg, VA **
2003 Group Exhibition and Invitational, Beverley Street Studio Invitational Show, William King Art Center, Abingdon, VA*
2003 Group Exhibition and Invitational, Artists Among Us, Second Street Gallery, The McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
2002-2003 Group Exhibition, The State Capitol Juried Show, Richmond, VA*
2002-2003 Lynchburg Area Juried Art Show, Lynchburg, VA* **
2002 Shades of Gray, Bedford Council for the Arts, Bedford, VA*
2002 Solo Exhibition, Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, VA
2002 Solo Exhibition, Magnolia, Lynchburg, VA
2002-2005 Georgia Morgan Show, Lynchburg, VA
2001 Beverley Street Georgia Vance Juried Exhibition, Staunton, VA*
2001 Group Exhibition, Pheasant's Eye, Lynchburg, VA*
1999-2002 Lynchburg Art Festivals, Lynchburg, VA **
(2001 Royal County Arts Award; 2002 Judge's Choice)
Awards and Honors
2021 VMRC National Juried Art Exhibition, Harrisonburg, VA, Purchase Award **
2016 Lynchburg Art Festival Award and Honor for promoting fine arts in the region. *
2010 Curator and Exhibitor for “Encaustics to the 6th Power”, Nelson Gallery, Lexington, Virginia *
2008 Encaustic demonstration at Spruce Creek Gallery, Nellysford, Virginia for the Rural Health Outreach Program Benefit.
2007 43rd Annual Bath County Art Show, Hot Springs, Virginia First Place in Pastels **
2007 Nelson Fine Art Gallery Art Show, Lexington, Virginia Wm.F. Byers Memorial Award *
2003 Bath County Art Show, Hot Springs, Virginia Mixed-media: First Place and Judge's Choice **
Commissions
1997-2023 Portraits, architectural renderings, and landscapes using graphite, silverpoint, pencil, oils, encaustic, and pastel.
2012 Series of Virginia’s historical court houses for private client.
2006 Wintergreen Summer Music Festival’s featured artist for brochures and playbill.
2005 National D-Day Memorial Foundation rendering of graphite seal for embossing and printing.
2004 Architectural renderings for private collectors.
2003 Architectural series of graphite renderings for Randolph-Macon Woman’s College Alumnae Association, Lynchburg, VA.
2003 Encaustic painting of violin-piano for CD cover.
Collections
Enkaustikos, Rochester, New York
Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community - Harrisonburg, Virginia
Central Fidelity Bank (now Wells Fargo), Richmond, Virginia
Numerous private collectors
Publications
2016 “First Friday Art Walk”, The News and Advance, March 3, Lynchburg, VA
2014 “Focus On: Artist Christine Rooney” The News and Advance, Lynchburg, VA
2010 “Art on 12th” www.artoninitiative.com
2006 Cover art and featured artist. Wintergreen Performing Arts10th Summer Music Festival Playbook, Wintergreen, VA
2005 “Blue Ridge Excursions: Encaustic Art with Christine Rooney”, PBS-TV, WVPT, Virginia
2004 “Cultured Expressions: Encaustic Art, What’s That?” New City Life, Nov/Dec. Lynchburg, Virginia
Gallery Affiliation
CoArt Gallery, Staunton, Virginia
Academy Center of the Arts, Lynchburg, Virginia
Donato Gallery, Longboat Key, Florida
CONTACT INFORMATION
Studio phone: 434-907-1367
Email: christine_rooney@msn.com
Website:www.christinerooneyartist.com
Facebook: www.Facebook/ChristineRooneyVirginiaArtist
Studio Site: www.Arton12th/ChristineRooney