CHRISI KARVONIDES DUSHENKO; A NEW EMERGING ARTIST IS NO STRANGER TO THE ARTISTIC WORLD.  SHE IS A COSTUME DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR FOR THE FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY.  IN 2002 SHE RECEIVED AN EMMY FOR NBC'S SERIES AMERICAN DREAMS.  SHE ALSO RECEIVED EMMY AWARD & GUILD AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR HBO'S CARNIVALE AND TOM HANKS PRODUCTION FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON.  SHE HAS DESIGNED NUMEROUS FILMS INCLUDING; GLASS HOUSE, THE ONE, AND SALLY FIELD'S FILM BEAUTIFUL.  AS AN ASSISTANT DESIGNER AND COSTUME ILLUSTRATOR; CHRISI WORKED ON SUCH FILMS AS WATERWORLD, DEMOLITION MAN,  BICENTENNIAL MAN, TRUE LIES, A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT, AND THE PHANTOM, ( TO NAME A FEW).  CURRENTLY, CHRISI IS ON HIATIS FROM HBO'S NEW SHOW BIG LOVE.  NOW, HER TIME IS DEVOTED TO PAINTING.

AS IN COSTUME DESIGN; CHRISI, IS A PAINTER SEARCHING FOR NEW WAYS TO EXPRESS HER LOVE OF VISUAL STORY TELLING.  SHE ENJOYS VIVID USE OF COLOR TO HELP THE SUBJECTS JUMP OUT TO THE VIEWER.  SHE OFTEN EXPERIMENTS WITH ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND ARBITRARY USE OF COLORS FOR THE SUBJECT.  SHE PAINTS A WIDE VARIETY OF SUBJECTS.  OF COURSE, PAINTING PEOPLE IS A PASSION.  SHE ENJOYS PAINTING HISTORIC FIGURES, IMAGES FROM FOREIGN LANDS, MUSICIANS, LOVERS, PEOPLE WAITING FOR A LOVER, STREET PEOPLE, AND MOST OF ALL CHILDREN.  HER FLOWERS ARE EYE CANDY.  THE  STILL LIFES TEND TO NOT BE SO "STILL",  WITH THEIR GREAT EXPLOSION OF COLOR SET IN CALM BACKGROUNDS.  ANOTHER INTEREST FOR CHRISI IS A GREAT FASCINATION FOR SEA LIFE.  SHE HAS AN AFFINITY FOR THE AQUATIC COLOR PALATE.  OFTEN SHE PORTRAYS THE FISH LOOKING DIRECTLY OUT TO THE VIEWER.  SOMETIMES SHE PAINTS THE CULINARY ASPECTS OF THE SEA AS IN HER SERIES "FISH ON A PLATE".

WATCHING CHRISI PAINT IS AN INSPIRING EXPERIENCE. SHE TYPICALLY WORKS ON TEN OR MORE PAINTINGS IN THE COURSE OF A DAY.  SHE STARTS BY LAYING IN COLOR IN AN ABSTRACT FORMAT.  THEN THE PAINTINGS MAY EVOLVE INTO A STILL LIFE , UNDERWATER LANDSCAPE, CHARACTERS FROM HER COSTUME DESIGNS,  OR MAASAI CHILDREN BRINGING BACK BRANCHES FOR A GAME.    CHRISI'S PAINTINGS ARE  A CELEBRATION OF OUR PAST SORROWS AND JOYS SHOWN IN EXPLOSIONS OF COLOR AND UNIQUE IMAGES.