Christine Reimer - Artist - Established contemporary Canadian painter using vibrant color and bold brushwork

“...like looking at stained glass windows drenched in full sunlight - dazzled by colours and their relationships to one another...”

“...whether painting the Okanagan wine country, the hill towns of Tuscany or secluded inlets on the Gulf Islands, Reimer paints not just what she sees, but what she feels...”

“...a powerful individuality supersedes stylistic echoes of anyone else...”

- Grant Hayter-Menzies, “Paintings are theatre on canvas”, Peninsula News, August 18, 2006

“Christine Reimer is putting her thumbprint on art history by painting colorful, non-conformist works. The non-conformity, however, is not deliberate. Reimer is simply an independent artist with a talent for looking at traditional subjects and painting them in a fresh, new way. She churns acrylic ideas around on canvas, turns them upside-down and inside-out. In the process, new ideas emerge out of old ones. New characters appear. Old characters reappear.”

- Cinnamon West, “Showcase”, The Calgary Sunday Sun, June 14, 1998

	“…her artistic universe takes shape and form, rising from the canvas in organized revelry, becoming worlds of glowing rocks and gleaming water; moonlit, musical cafes; whimsical garden parties; architecture in her tropical colours; and reclining figures lost in reverie. Reimer's impressionistic, sunlit world is fueled by the energy of colour and the power of imagination.”
- Kate Cino, “Front Row”, Boulevard Magazine, April/May 1998

Christine Reimer at the Sooke Harbour House “It seems natural that the resplendent surroundings of Sooke Harbour House are the home of more than 30 of Reimer's originals. Co-owner Sinclair Philip speaks exuberantly about Reimer's work, calling it “uplifting, luminescent and popular with visitors from around the world.”

“Sooke Harbour House has just been rated Best Restaurant in the World for Authentic Local Cuisine by Gourmet magazine. “Maybe that's why we resonate so well with Reimer's artwork,” says Philip. “We're both transforming the local and unique aspects of our environment into an aesthetic and inspiring experience by using our creative energy.”

- Sinclair Philip, Co-owner of Sooke Harbour House, “Front Row” (Kate Cino), Boulevard Magazine, April/May 1998

“Christine Reimer is obsessing with color. At the moment it's cobalt blue. Next week it might be cadmium yellow or fire engine red…Reimer is prolifically creating big, brave works literally exploding with color…her dreamy, mysterious images conjure up Chagall and, though it's easy to draw out plenty of symbolism, Reimer suggests the message isn't intentionally ambiguous.”

- David Lennam, “Color lady shows her stuff”, ARTS, Oak Bay News, Wednesday, April 22nd, 1998

Painting images on this website are intended to illustrate style and themes and may already be sold.