A self-taught, innovative artist with a strong record of producing dynamic visuals for web and video projects specialising in pastels, oils, coloured, and pastel pencils. She also enjoys painting Surreal/Fantasy themes and has exhibited artwork in Regional Art Exhibitions and the latest achievement as a finalist in the Muswellbrook Art Prize 2020 (a prestigious local art prize).
Chrissy Murray lives in Lake Macquarie NSW, Australia with 10 years of experience creating videos for tutorials and presenting completed artwork for viewing on YouTube (YouTube name is “Xrissart”). Chrissy also conducts weekly Live Streams on YouTube demonstrating various mediums including Pastel, Watercolour, Coloured Pencils, Oils, and Acrylics, with the medium of choice in recent times are Soft Pastels and more so PanPastels.
Chrissy is highly passionate about art, technology, and the creative processes and involved in producing an illustrated playing card deck called “Element Realms”. This project is inspired by the elements of the Earth combined with a magical fantastical world. Examples of Chrissy’s work can be viewed on her website www.xrissart.com.
This project has taken over 2 years to produce. There are over 30 paintings in this body of work which she will be working towards conducting a solo exhibition in 2021. This will also include the decks, original paintings, and giclee prints with most of these paintings completed with PanPastels.