2025
American artist Chris Hayman has been painting for several decades. She plays with colors and space in her densely textured, energetic abstract paintings, which are inspired largely by the natural world.
Hayman was born in New York City. She earned her BA in art history at the University of Maryland and went on to earn a second degree in art at the University of Nevada, Reno. It was during her time in Nevada that she ventured into painting.
Hayman focuses on the dimensions of space within a given piece and has cited her interest “how forms are energized by the space around them.” While the artist has found inspiration in the work of painters such as Roland Petersen and Gustavo Rivera, she lives on a farm in Northern California and is surrounded by her livestock and the beauty of the great outdoors. The majesty of nature has long played a significant role in her work.
Hayman was also trained as a classical pianist and has always had a strong creative spirit. She is deeply involved in theater and the performing arts, and her affinity for music strongly informs her art, as is evidenced by the melodic fluidity of her paintings.
Hayman’s work is held in many corporate and private collections. She has exhibited widely, showing her work group and solo shows in galleries all over the United States.
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Hidden Valley
By Chris Hayman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In her paintings, Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially when...
Canvas, Oil
Across the Shallows
By Chris Hayman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In her paintings, Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially when incorporated into paintings wit...
Canvas, Oil
Blue Straight
By Chris Hayman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Christine Hayman is an artist whose work revolves around the concept of space. She is particularly interested in how forms interact with the space sur...
Canvas, Oil
Woodlands
By Chris Hayman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In her paintings, Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially when incorporated into paintings wit...
Canvas, Oil
Call of Spring
By Chris Hayman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In her paintings, Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially when incorporated into paintings wit...
Canvas, Oil
Treble
By Chris Hayman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In her paintings, Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially when incorporated into paintings wit...
Canvas, Oil
BEFORE THE STORM
By Chris Hayman
Located in Three Oaks, MI
In her paintings, Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially when incorporated into paintings wit...
Oil
North Country
By Christine Hayman
Located in Greenwich, CT
Christine Hayman Biography b. 1964 In her paintings Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially w...
Canvas, Oil
BLUE RIDGE
By Christine Hayman
Located in Three Oaks, MI
"In my current work, I am involved with various gestural forms along with a variety of abstract language. I am also using the elements and energy of the landscape in some of the pain...
Linen, Oil
Loose Blue
By Christine Hayman
Located in Greenwich, CT
Christine Hayman Biography b. 1964 In her paintings Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially w...
Canvas, Oil
Blue Hawaii
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Blue Hawaii" 1976 is an acrylic and collage on canvas by noted American artist Verna Brady, 1925-2008. It is signed at the lower right...
Mixed Media
Blues of Evening
By Curtis Ripley
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Through a process of layering the paint, repeatedly wiping out and repainting, Ripley achieves a sense of moody visual jazz, where depth, movement and color create an ever-evolving v...
Canvas, Oil
