Meet the artist…
Christie Anne Langley has been living and working in the San Francisco bay area for over 20 years. Her training in art developed simultaneously with her study of the ocean, leading her to become an avid freediver and underwater photographer. After enjoying a career as a professional dancer for over a decade, in 2015 she felt compelled to return to creating art and opened her small business, CatSkills Design. For the last 9 years she has enjoyed making handmade goods from recycled materials, illustrations, sculptures and paintings with a focus on nature & conservation. She often works in the style of pointillism, using only dots to cover entire canvases with color.
Explore & create
Though photography is no longer my main focus, it is still a secret passion. I love to travel and photograph and I use these photos as inspiration and reference for my artwork. Originally, I wanted to go into conservation because I have such a passion for protecting this planet and it’s amazing creatures and habitats. Now, through my artwork, I hope to draw attention to the natural world. I am proud to donate a portion of the sale of each piece of my artwork to various conservation organizations every year.
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Often, I am inspired by animals I encounter on dives or through my travels, but I also constantly find inspirations through watching various documentaries. The list of animals and sea creatures I would like to feature is always growing. I am happy to take requests too and, of course, I often do commissions which naturally inspires the direction of my work.
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I usually work on painting for 4-6 hours per day, 5 days a week (or more!) for anywhere from 3-5 weeks depending on the size. Using dots only to cover the canvas certainly makes it more of a labor of love, but I really enjoy the texture and control of color that comes from pointillism.
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Oh man. If you have tried needle felting before, you may have an idea of how tedious and slow going it can be. Thankfully I find it meditative! My smaller felt “living walls” generally take from 8-15 hours to make and the larger pieces anywhere from 25 hours+. The free standing sculptures depend entirely on the detail involved. As you can imagine, they are priced according to the time involved in the creation.