09/30/2026
Honored to say that this exhibition marks the first time that Christina Watka has publicly shared works on paper! Drawing has always been an intimate part of her private art practice and became an especially meaningful part of this collection, most of which was created while she attended an artist residency on a small island off the coast of Maine.
While walking back and forth between the beach and her studio each day, she began collecting wildflowers and weeds along the path - overlooked everyday flora sprouting up between sidewalk cracks and along the trail edges - and made a point to identify each while sketching it. As she learned about these unexpectedly beautiful plant species, she discovered that each had long, surprising histories of traditional uses and homeopathic medicinal properties. She began to imagine that they were all intertwined beneath the ground’s surface, growing stronger together from interconnected subterranean root systems, a shared life source. What started as highly accurate botanical illustrations morphed into newly imagined ‘hybrid’ species as she reimagined the disparate plants growing together into one new plant.
Explore the original graphite drawings alongside suspended sculptures in Christina’s current solo exhibition, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒖𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑩𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅, on view through October 10th!
[‘Daisy, Cinquefoil, Blue-Eyed Grass, Heal All’ by Christina Watka | Graphite on Paper | 23.5” x 17.5“ | Framed w/ UV-Clear Glass: 28” x 22” x 1.5”]
[‘Festuca, Gypsyweed, Heal All’ by Christina Watka | Graphite on Paper | 23.5” x 17.5“ | Framed w/ UV-Clear Glass: 28” x 22” x 1.5”]
[‘Bluegrass, Wild iris, Cinquefoil, Daisy, Rubus’ by Christina Watka | Graphite on Paper | 23.5” x 17.5“ | Framed w/ UV-Clear Glass: 28” x 22” x 1.5”]
[‘Beach Pea, Vetch, Flatweed’ by Christina Watka | Graphite on Paper | 23.5” x 17.5“ | Framed w/ UV-Clear Glass: 28” x 22” x 1.5”]
