Paintings of distant horizons by Christianna Cassisa
In 2011, artist Christianna Cassisa, created a series of paintings called The Place. In Cassisa’s words: ‘The Place exists inside and outside of each of us, meeting at the point of our inspired expressions’. Each painting is of a distant horizon. Albeit abstract, Cassisa evokes emotion through the unique color palettes used in each painting in the eight piece series.
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Celik said | 15 January, 2012
‘All be it’ abstract, perhaps?
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Damon said | 17 January, 2012
Sorry for the confusion / poor grammar… some the painting in the series are more abstract than “The Place 4″ pictured above. Using different color palettes in each painting, Christianna does a great job of creating different moods… was ultimately my point. 
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ken vallario said | 14 January, 2012
‘Albeit abstract?’