![Abigail Christian: Overcome, 2020. Oil on unstretched canvas. 77 x 50 inches.](https://bfafinearts.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/Abigail_Christian_-Overcome_2020_4-Abigail-Christian_edit_1500px-571x800.jpg)
Abby Christian, Overcome, 2020. Oil on unstretched canvas, 77 x 50 inches.
Abby Christian identifies the characteristics of her paintings as Surrealist. They function as a form of therapy to exorcise guilt, sadness, regret and shame. She doesn’t necessarily care that the viewer enjoys her paintings. What is important is what painting does for her; how the nostalgia and self-awareness and the dreams and memories that occupy her thoughts, disappear.
![Abigail Christian: Cute, 2020. Oil on canvas. 12 x 12 inches.](https://bfafinearts.sva.edu/wp-content/uploads/Abigail_Christian_Cute_2020_12-Abigail-Christian_edit_1500px-794x800.jpg)
Abby Christian, Cute, 2020. Oil on canvas, 12 x 12 inches.