View Related Episode: Glass Artist Catharine Newell, Blues Musician David Jacobs-Strain, Painter Cristina Acosta

Cristina Acosta was a working artist who was losing her love of painting. Then her child inspired her to “paint happy” and her art really took off! Cristina's painting style is bright and breezy and as much fun to look at, as it is to paint.

First Broadcast: 2007

Appeared in episode: Glass Artist Catharine Newell, Blues Musician David Jacobs-Strain, Painter Cristina Acosta


www.cristinaacosta.com — Find shots of her art, her story, order prints and originals and her book.
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The Woman with the Veil
by KC Cowan | 11/17/2009
It isn’t often that the Portland Art Museum brings in an exhibit that consists entirely of one painting, but a masterpiece by Raphael is now on display and worth the trip to see. I finally got there last week and am so glad I did. “The Woman with the Veil” is so stunning, so richly painted [...]
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