Examining the cognitive bias of reference dependence and expectations. Occasionally described as gestural abstract or provisional art, current work utilizes the base canvas as an integral part of the finished work. See installation photos in About.
![Early Spring Light Against A Still Wintry Backdrop 2024-02-15](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Early-Spring-Light-Against-A-Still-Wintry-Backdrop-2024-02-15-1024x768.jpg)
Early Spring Light
Light streaming through trees against a wintry background.
2024-02-15, acrylic on canvas, 60x72x1.375
![Winter Light 2024-01-31 Winter Light 2024-01-31](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Winter-Light-2024-01-31-1-1024x855.jpg)
Winter Light
Sunlight breaking through the gray of winter anticipates the coming spring.
01-31-2024, acrylic on canvas, 60x72x1.375
![Small Study, Blue, 5-11-2023 Small Study, Blue, 5-11-2023](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Small-Study-Blue-5-11-2023-980x974.jpg)
Small Studies, Blue
07-27-2023, acrylic on canvas, 12x12x1.5
![Installation photo by Groover Labs, Wichita KS: Vertical Lines, Kansas; Analog; More Cowbell, Groover Installation photo by Groover Labs, Wichita KS: Vertical Lines, Kansas; Analog; More Cowbell, Groover](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/3-new-installations-Vertical-Lines-Kansas-Analog-More-Cowbell-Groover-1-1024x800.jpg)
3 Paintings
From left to right: "Vertical Lines, Kansas", "Analog" and "More Cowbell, Groover".
Vertical Lines, Kansas envisions rows of corn in sunlight.
Analog contrasts with the digital world created within the Maker Space at Groover.
More Cowbell, Groover envelopes visitors with open arms.
08-26-2023, acrylic on canvas, 48x72x1.5
![Vertical Lines - Deeper, 03-26-2023](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Vertical-Lines-Deeper-03-26-2023-1024x684.jpg)
Vertical Lines - Deeper
03-26-2023, acrylic on canvas, 48x72x1.5
![Speaking A Different Language - The Blue Picture, 2023-02-28 Speaking A Different Language - The Blue Picture, 2023-02-28](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Speaking-A-Different-Language-The-Blue-Picture-2023-02-28-2-1024x674.jpg)
Speaking a Different Language - The Blue Painting
02-28-2023, acrylic on canvas, 48x72x1.5
![Speaking A Different Language 2022-11-06 Speaking A Different Language 2022-11-06](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Speaking-A-Different-Language-2022-11-06-1-1024x682.jpg)
Speaking a Different Language
11-02-2022, acrylic on canvas, 48x72x1.5
![Vertical Lines - Plasma, 2023-03-04](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Vertical-Lines-Plasma-2023-03-04-1024x672.jpg)
Vertical Lines - Plasma
03-04-2023, acrylic on canvas, 48x72x1.5
![Vertical Lines, 11-19-22 Vertical Lines, 11-19-22](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Vertical-Lines-11-19-22-1-1024x681.jpg)
Vertical Lines
11-19-2022, acrylic on canvas, 48x72x1.5
![More Cowbell - Exuberance, 03-07-2023 More Cowbell - Exuberance, 03-07-2023](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/More-Cowbell-Exuberance-03-07-2023-1024x681.jpg)
More Cowbell - Exuberance
03-07-2023, acrylic on canvas, 48x72x1.5
![More Cowbell*, 2022-10-15 More Cowbell*, 2022-10-15](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/More-Cowbell-2022-10-15-1024x676.jpg)
![More Cowbell*, 10-15-2022, Digital installation photo courtesy of ARTHOUSE.NYC, 03-08-2023 More Cowbell*, 10-15-2022, Digital installation photo courtesy of ARTHOUSE.NYC, 03-08-2023](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/E8E7B71B-4DB9-4989-9BBE-A8770E34942D-1024x768.jpeg)
More Cowbell*
10-15-2022, acrylic on canvas, 48x72x1.5
![Drips, 2022-12-10 Drips, 2022-12-10](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Drips-2022-12-10-1024x814.jpg)
Drips
Suggestive of three strata forming the top (sky and trees), middle (top soil) and bottom (roots). Left to fill in the details, provisional art creates its own form of cognitive bias in the viewer.
12-10-2022, mixed media, 48x60x1.5
![mon amie, 3 panels, 8-13-2022 mon amie, 3 panels, 8-13-2022](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/mon-amie-3-panels-8-13-2022-1024x823.jpg)
mon amie, 3 Panels
Expansion on dynamic versus static exploration theme, this work begins a new series exploring ways of framing. It has a hint of three panels - created through paint texture and mixing of colors on the canvas.
8-13-2022, acrylic on canvas, 36x48x1.5
![5 Siblings, 06-13-2022 5 Siblings, 06-13-2022](https://christinejantz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/5-Siblings-06-13-2022-1024x804.jpg)
5 Siblings
06-13-2022, acrylic on canvas, 48x60x1.5