Christina Lee Artist

Christina Lee Artist Creating mandalas with dots have become a fantastic way for me to manage stress and live in the moment. I hope to inspire you to create something unique too!
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The mandalas I create come straight from the heart onto the canvas, often inspired by nature.

I started dot painting several years ago. Over that time I’ve created a lot of pieces that have been near and dear to me...
06/13/2026

I started dot painting several years ago. Over that time I’ve created a lot of pieces that have been near and dear to me.

I had an idea for this piece for the last year now, and I finally got around to putting it on canvas(es).

I’ve battled depression my entire life. During the best of times I’d call it melancholy. The worst of times I’ve been hospitalized for safety reasons. Most of the time it has been an overwhelming lack of interest in life.

I crashed out about four years ago and had to take extreme measures to pull me out of the depths. The depression was so bad I couldn’t get out of bed for more than an hour a day. There was no hope that my life would ever improve…

Several of you back then followed me and know about my journey with ketamine infusions. It saved my life. It was a tool that helped me get my life together. That along with the universe aligning the right people and major events helped me to get where I am today.

About a year ago, I was standing outside my shop down at the Port of Kalama. If you haven’t been there before, I highly recommend stopping by sometime. It is one of the most beautiful places on earth right along the Columbia River.

I had an overwhelming sense of peace and clarity I’ve never experienced before. The colors of nature were so vibrant, like I was actually able to really see what truly is, for the very first time.

These two paintings are a side by side representation of what it’s like with and without depression. I can never really capture what I experienced, but it’s the only way I can explain it.

How lucky am I to be able to experience life without the cloud of depression. Even if it doesn’t last, I know what it is like and I can pull that feeling with me into the present.

My husband drove off to work today with my van key and I was stranded at home.It gave me time and permission to sit down...
06/12/2026

My husband drove off to work today with my van key and I was stranded at home.

It gave me time and permission to sit down and be creative for a while.

At some moments flow hits and time disappears. Then I emerge with an aching body and a colorful canvas.

This is nearly done and I look forward to explaining where the concept stems from.

One of my favorite things is creating color palettes. I have so many paints I will never use them all so I decided to cr...
06/11/2026

One of my favorite things is creating color palettes. I have so many paints I will never use them all so I decided to create lovely color palette strips to sell in my shop along side my other art supplies.

Can’t decide on colors and want to try something different?

Well here you go! Something soft, warm and ready for summer!

I have a limited supply in my shop of these strips if you’d like to stop by and check them out.

Only $3 for a strip of 5 paint colors.

Painted up more samples of the colors that come in my beginner kits tonight. I’ve found one display in my shop isn’t eno...
06/11/2026

Painted up more samples of the colors that come in my beginner kits tonight. I’ve found one display in my shop isn’t enough when the classes are letting out in the morning.

It’s fun to see the same design in different color palettes. The energy is so different with each of them!

Starting a new project while contemplating photons relationship to space/time.
06/06/2026

Starting a new project while contemplating photons relationship to space/time.

Something crazy happened today.First of all I am so incredibly blessed and lucky to wake up every day and share my passi...
06/02/2026

Something crazy happened today.

First of all I am so incredibly blessed and lucky to wake up every day and share my passion to people who are having the time of their life on vacation with American Cruise Lines.

Everyone who shows up in my shop is excited and happy to be there.

Today in particular, there was a sweet woman in my class who asked me a few times during class about my paintings on the wall, and if they were for sale.

I told her, and to the class that everything is for sale in my shop!! I got a chuckle from the crowd.

SOOOO many times people ask me about this painting specifically, and how much it is....

Long ago when I created this piece it had become so near and dear to me that I told myself I'd never sell it. I priced it where I felt good about letting it go if someone were ever to purchase it.

I pulled the painting off the wall and let her look at it up close at the detail and to feel the dots for herself. Just like always, I confidently told her my price and didn't think much of it. Usually people tell me it's very beautiful and the conversation is over.

But today, without hesitation, she told me she would take it.

I was stunned!!!

I am not a crying type person but I was fighting back tears. I told her how much this painting meant to me and how many hours I had put into it. She asked me if I was sure I wanted to sell it.

I told her my price for the painting was something I could live with and who ever was willing to pay that understood my art and I felt good about letting it go.

After deciding on this piece, she decide to purchase a second one because of the colors that were used were her favorite.

Lately I have been practicing gratitude as I reflect on how far I've come from the beginning of my very first dot to where I am today selling artwork in my shop. I bring joy to people daily and get to leave a positive encounter for those who walk into my space.

It has been my experience that wherever I put my thoughts and energy into, is what grows.

It's been an amazing journey these last few years and I look forward to seeing what the next few have in store.

I had a special visitor and long time follower come into the shop today. Sandy and her husband live in New York and mad...
05/27/2026

I had a special visitor and long time follower come into the shop today. Sandy and her husband live in New York and made a trip to the west coast, starting in San Francisco and driving the scenic route up highway 101 to catch all the sites along the coast.

One of those stops was right here in Kalama, WA to meet me and visit the shop.

Sandy has been a follower since the very beginning during COVID.

It is humbling to meet people who I’ve never met, but have had such an impact on their lives.

Thank you for stopping in and saying hello! I hope your trip to Powells books was awesome!

05/26/2026

Preview of Sonar 2.0.

Six months and 90,000 dots later it is finished.

Sonar 2.0 on 16” round on wood boardThis is a repeat from an original I created a few years ago. The original was a smal...
05/26/2026

Sonar 2.0 on 16” round on wood board

This is a repeat from an original I created a few years ago. The original was a smaller version on a square canvas. It always kind of bothered me the sonar waves while round, were on a square. So I thought I’d redo it and make it right. 🙄

It’s still not right, but I am NOT doing this again.

This piece took the better part of six months to finish. In that time I quit dot painting altogether three times. 😂

It forced me to admit I am too old to work these tiny details without reading glasses, which should be arriving to my mailbox any day now. 👀

Yesterday a customer asked how much I was selling it for. I hadn’t put a price on it yet because I was still putting some finishing touches on it.

I told him it was going to be my most expensive piece in the shop. He asked if it was around $100? 🤦‍♀️ He wasn’t trying to be rude or inconsiderate. He just didn’t have an understanding of art and how much work something like this takes.

Listen.

There are people who get it and those that don’t.

I’m not offended by those that don’t…

I threw this image into ChatGPT and asked how many dots were applied. It gave me an estimate of between 70-90k dots!!!

WORD.

I won’t take less than $2k for this piece. If you want to pay more, I won’t say no. Lol

I honestly expect to die with this piece in my possession. Whatever happens to it once I’m gone, I don’t really care.

This painting will live as a testament to how detail oriented I can be, and how it absolutely will drive me insane. 🤪

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