Wanita Christensen – Oil
One of Wanita’s earliest memories was of a prized box of watercolors. She was heartbroken when younger siblings played with her colors and got them “dirty”. With such a passion for color, at an early age art was destined to be an integral part of her life.
Wanita’s work attempts to show the beauty of nature as encountered in the environment. She takes a subject and presents it in such a way as to make the viewer aware of the beauty that can be encountered in the everyday world. Even a common old tree along the side of the road can be a thing of luminous beauty when manifested by the abstraction of light and shadow.
Wanita holds a degree in art from North Texas State University: Warren Hunter School of Art, San Antonio, Texas, and has studied under Robert Wade, Zoltan Szabo, Tony Couch, Vie Dunn-Harr, Jim Wilcox and others.
Artwork by Wanita Christensen
This is a representative sample of Wanita’s work. Not all pieces are currently for sale.
Sonoran Desert Vista, oil, 28x22
Cactus Beauties, oil, 16x20
Bright Angel Point, oil, 1x14
Window at Monument Valley, oil, 2x24
Yucca at Dawn, oil, 24x12
Wanita Christensen, Ancient Spires 12x36 oil
Wanita Christensen, Canyon de Chelly, 30 x 40, oil
Wanita Christensen, Three Sisters Monument Valley oil
Wanita Christensen, Cactus Beauty, 11 x 14, oil
Wanita Christensen, Cactus in Bloom, 11x14, oil
Sublime Cactus Beauty, oil, 14 x 11
Glowing Cactus Bloom, oil, 14 x 11
Moment of Glory, oil, 20 x 16
Serene Sunrise, oil, 16x20
Secluded Patio, oil, 18 x 24
Wanita Christensen, oil, Desert Giant, 36 x 12
Wanita Christensen, oil, Saguaro Spring, 36 x 60
Wanita Christiansen "Ancient Spires" Oil 12x36 $400
Wanita Christiansen "Sunset Serenade" Oil 22x28 $500
Wanita Christiansen "Sunrise Melody" Oil 30x40 $790
Wanita Christensen, Desert Canyon, oil, 20x24, $395
Wanita Christensen, Land of the Saguaros, oil, 20x25, $395
Wanita Christensen, Secluded Stream, oil, 20x24, $395
Wanita Christenen, Sonoran Desert Vista, oil, 20x22, $550
Wanita Christensen, Glowing Sunrise, oil, 16x20, $295
Wanita Christensen, Saguaro Outpost, 12x36, $375
Wanita Christensen, Daybreak, oil, 11x14, $195
Wanita Christensen "Canyon de Chelly Overlook" oil 30x40 $985
Wanita Christensen "Ancient Canyon" Oil 22x28 $500
Wanita Christensen "Sundown Butte" oil 12x24 $275
Wanita Christensen "Cactus Buds" Oil 8x8 $95
Wanita Christensen "Desert Fruit" Oil 8x10 $175
Wanita Christensen "Navajo Country" Oil 18x36 $595
Wanita Christensen "Red Cholla" Oil 18x18
Wanita Christensen "Saguaro Hotel" Oil 11x14 $195
Wanita Christensen "Saguaro at Dusk" Oil 24x18 $395
Wanita Christensen "Cayote Country" Oil 18x24 $395
Wanita Christensen "Guardians of the Desert" Oil 24x12 $275
Wanita Christensen "Realm of the Cactus" Oil 24x12 $275