Drawing inspiration from the natural world and specialising in painting intuitively, Sonia Chrystall works from her home studio in Te Āwanga, Hawke’s Bay. "I trust intuition to find balance and a composition that will work, allowing the painting to take on a life and meaning of its own. And there has to be colour – I want people to experience some crazy, beautiful colour happiness.”
Increasingly, paintings have moved toward an exploration of landscapes, while still allowing colour and layers woven together to define her work. Shapes move between abstract and realistic – symbolic in part of our inner and outer worlds, and the delicate balance and interconnection of all.
Sonia sells her work privately and through various New Zealand galleries.
