The GREENWICH WORKSHOP

PO Box 231

Seymour, CT 06486

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Darren Peel (801) 544-4262

Internationally
Renowned Artist

James C. Christensen

To Appear at

Canyon Gallery

in Fruit Heights

4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

on Saturday
October 18th

Featuring Original Paintings and

Limited Edition prints by

James C. Christensen’s daughter

Cassandra Christensen Barney

Fruit Heights, Utah – September 15 , 2003 - Internationally acclaimed artist James Christensen will join Canyon Gallery on Saturday, October 18th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Canyon Gallery is located at 265 South Mountain Road in Fruit Heights. Internationally known for his art, often representing myths, fables and tales of imagination, Christensen will be collaborating with his daughter Cassandra Christensen Barney who will

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debut a series of original paintings and limited edition prints that celebrate the role of women as inspirations for life and living.

These two wonderful artists delight in working together. “She’s my inspiration!” said Christensen. “Her unstoppable enthusiasm and spontaneous approach to her art inspires me to experiment with my own style, media and interpretation. Painting together in my studio, we have developed a wonderful synergy, critiquing each other and encouraging each other to experiment with colors, surfaces and textures.”

Christensen’s works include limited edition fine art prints, porcelains, pearl bisque™, books and numerous gift items. Both artists celebrate the “feminine divine” with a broad range of limited edition and original art ranging from high fantasy to small romantic pre-Raphaelite portraits. Their images capture the souls of heroines, everyday women who have found strength and personal victory in their diverse experiences. These portraits carry a range of emotion reflective of the events that have shaped their character.

Opulent and colorful, fantastical and historical, Christensen Barney’s portraits of women are mixed with images of fruit, birds, flowers and chairs. “These images can have endless interpretations available to the viewer, but many of them have developed into symbols reflective of my life” said Christensen Barney. “The flowers and vines symbolize the unruly beauty I find in my role as a mother. Birds in nest, sitting quietly, communicate the contentment that I feel in my home. Fruit has many meanings. It can be a symbol of life cycles as it seeds, ripens, spoils and re-seeds. Fruit can represent the outcome.”

“This exciting collaboration of father and daughter has resulted in a passionate collection of limited edition and original art that invites us to celebrate the women we have known and their influence on our lives.” said Darren Peel, owner of Canyon Gallery. “Christensen is among those who see a world beyond realism, bringing us a whimsical approach to everyday life and situations. We’re extremely pleased to have this world-renowned artist joining us here at Canyon Gallery – his superstar personality and celebrity art status will be strong motivation for fans and newcomers to join us for what promises to be a great event.”

The art of James C. Christensen is published exclusively by The Greenwich Workshop, Inc. of Seymour, Connecticut, and is available only through authorized dealers. The Greenwich Workshop, Inc. is the leading publisher of limited edition fine art in North America. Along with fine art prints and books, Christensen also has an exclusive line of hand-painted porcelains and assorted gift items.

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About James C. Christensen

Christensen was born in 1942 and raised in Culver City, California. He studied painting at Brigham Young University and also at the University of California at Los Angeles before finishing his formal education at BYU. Since then he has had one-man shows in the West and the Northeast and his work is prized in collections throughout the United States and Europe. The artist has been commissioned by both Time/Life Books and Omni to create illustrations for their publications and his work has appeared in the prestigious American Illustration Annual and Japan’s Outstanding American Illustrators. Christensen has also won all the professional art honors the World Science Fiction Convention can bestow, as well as multiple Chesley Awards from the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists. Christensen’s fine art now appears as works of art in porcelain from The Greenwich Workshop Collection artist-inspired products such as note cards, silk ties and books. His first book, A Journey of the Imagination: The Art of James Christensen, was published to great acclaim in 1994. His second, the adventure fantasy Voyage of the Basset, has more than 75,000 copies in print. His third, the inventive Rhymes & Reasons, was published in May 1997, Parables (written by Robert Millet, 1999), The Personal Illumination Series and The Personal Illumination Journal (2000), a series of interactive journals, A Shakespeare Sketchbook and James Christensen, Foremost Fantasy Artist. (2001).

About Cassandra Christensen Barney

Christensen Barney was born and raised in Orem, Utah. She received her Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Brigham Young University in 2000. Life is truly art at Christensen Barney’s home as her husband is also an artist and teacher. Her three daughters enjoy creating alongside their parents. In addition to her own children, Barney encourages many others to explore the world of art. She taught at The Waterford School for four years and continues to teach part time at BYU.

About Canyon Gallery

Canyon Gallery is an authorized dealer of The Greenwich Workshop, Inc. Canyon Gallery features limited edition prints, giclée canvas prints and original art as well as a selection of special interest books and gifts. We are located at 265 South Mountain Road in Fruit Heights. Please visit us Monday through Friday from

10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information, contact us by phone at (801) 544-4262 or email us at

Visit us on the web at www.canyongalleryandframing.com

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