{"id":35,"date":"2026-07-09T22:59:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T22:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christineschubart.com\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-07-10T00:27:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T00:27:42","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christineschubart.com\/?page_id=35","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-spacer stk-block-spacer stk--no-padding stk-block stk-b97a0b2\" data-block-id=\"b97a0b2\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">ART AND ME<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\">My earliest memory is one of making art.  Sitting in the tiny kitchen looking out over Lakeshore Drive, I am surrounded by crayons and Mom&#8217;s button collection.  I am making designs on the cardboard inserts from Dad&#8217;s laundered shirts.  The Howdy Doody show is on the TV, and I am aware of a feeling of happiness.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\">  Even as a child, I seldom drew people, horses, houses&#8230;the usual stuff&#8230;and coloring books were not for me.  I guess I always wanted to do my own thing.  Mom certainly thought so!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\">And here I am&#8230;making paintings with no preconceived notion, no sketch, no photo&#8230;I start only with a feeling to pick up my brush and lay some shapes and drips of colors on a backdrop of stretched linen or canvas or Duron board.  My first application&#8230;a mixture of oil paint, mineral spirits, and linseed oil&#8230;is lean.  They get richer as the painting unfolds.  Sometimes the process takes many hours&#8230;even days, weeks&#8230; sometimes even longer before I can see the next step.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\">&#8220;Where does it all come from, what is your inspiration?&#8230;&#8221;.  These are questions I am often asked&#8230;to which I reply&#8230;&#8221; It is a gift.&#8221;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\">I am but the brushmater doing the bidding of the muse.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\">Christine Schub <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\">  17 July 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ART AND ME My earliest memory is one of making art. Sitting in the tiny kitchen looking out over Lakeshore Drive, I am surrounded by crayons and Mom&#8217;s button collection. I am making designs on the cardboard inserts from Dad&#8217;s laundered shirts. The Howdy Doody show is on the TV, and I am aware of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christineschubart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christineschubart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christineschubart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christineschubart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christineschubart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christineschubart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/christineschubart.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christineschubart.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}