Christy is originally from Columbus/Westerville, OH and currently lives in Hilliard, OH. For 19 years she lived in Southern Maine, where her professional career in drawing started. She moved back to Ohio in June 2018, residing in Hilliard. She has been drawing since she was introduced to a pencil at a very young age. Christy is self-taught and her specialty mediums are ink, colored pencil and graphite pencil. She draws an array of celebrities and entertainement artists.
Christy is known as the ‘Angel Artist’. She got her inspiration for drawing angels from her Mom, who has angel things throughout her home. Christy uses angel gravestone/cemetery headstones or garden sculptures for her drawing references. She mainly draws on white paper, but enjoys working on black paper to show depth and variety. She will sometimes add metallic ink to colored pencil drawings on black paper to give her drawings a unique look.
Christy’s variety of work has been displayed in numerous galleries and exhibitions throughout Southern Maine & New Hampshire and The Alice-Rice Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA. She also Co-Owned VIBE Art Gallery in Somersworth, NH. Her most recent accomplishment while being back in Ohio, was winning 3rd place in the Dublin Area Art league’s “Dublin Irish Show” in August entering as a non-member for her "Bottle of Gargle". Christy also works on commission and has drawn many people and pet portraits throughout her career.
Currently, Christy has 21 pieces displayed at Dance Tonight Columbus in Downtown Columbus for her 'Angels Among Us' Solo Exhibition through the month of October.