About

My name is Eva Christensen. I live and paint in Hanwell, New Brunswick, where I share a home with my husband, our three vizslas, and cats who think nothing of drinking my paint water or walking across a painting while it dries.

I always say that I paint what I see. Really, I paint what I want to remember. My work is rooted in realism and tells stories from my daily life: my family, our dogs, the roads I drive, the market on a Saturday morning, the way evening light lands on a familiar street. I work in watercolour and gouache on paper, mounted on cradled wood panels I build and finish by hand.

I started watercolour at eleven, painting every Wednesday after school with an artist neighbour in Mississauga, Ontario. I trained in a specialized high school visual arts program, then set painting aside for a long while to build a career. I came back to it seriously in 2019, after moving to New Brunswick, and I have painted steadily ever since, evenings and weekends, around full-time work.

I am an Elected Member of the Society of Canadian Artists and the Federation of Canadian Artists. My original work is represented by The Artisan District in Fredericton, and prints are available in my Etsy shop.