Eco Warrior – Christine Banat
Christine Banat is a visual artist with a socially engaged practice. She explores physical and emotional environments, realised in two and three-dimensional works that frequently hover between drawing, sculpture and installation. Banat’s practice in recent years has been exploring themes of belonging, understanding who we are and how our roots have influenced our identity. Christine recently graduated with a Masters in Fine Art and has exhibited in London and Surrey and is a member of Watts Artist Circle , Farnham Arts Society and various other local artist groups. Regular updates of projects and work in progress are documented on Facebook and Instagram.
About Eco Warrior
Painting original in oils (67 x 77 cms) however original sold and now high quality signed and numbered prints on paper or canvas (up to 25) available. Price: Any size within the proportions of the piece from £350 unframed. Framed from £500.
20% from sales will be kindly donated back to Artline
Eco Warrior Story
This portrait is part of a series of artworks on the subject of identity using an ethnographic methodology. The sitter is living in the Okavango Delta and the first of his family to be in the preservation of the ecological balance of this unique region on Northern Botswana. He is a runner and tracker whose ancestors were until recently hunter gatherers. The vivid colours of the birds he protects are painted into his face, the African Rock Kestrel is part of his cheek and the elephant is in his mind, showing the interdependency of humans and animals. On his forehead is a rendition of his beloved Okavango from satellite images and the background is the colour of the Botswana’s national flag representing water. Global warming issues mean that water levels in the Delta are diminishing every year threatening the survival of all its dependents.
Email: contact@christinebanatart.co.