Bietz captures her subjects through a raw, authentic lens using descriptives such as Happy, Crazy and Wild in her titles. Making her selections of what details to render and what whimsical characteristics to add to her subject, whether it is beaming sunshine eyes, rosy pink circle checks or beards on women. She uses short heavy brush­strokes that layer and blend into one another to create fervor. In her portraits she highlights the subject’s sunny disposition, encapsulating the moment of painting them in her German dream world. 

Christine has been an artist at The Studio since 2004 creating drawings, paintings, and ceramic sculpture that invariably make the viewer smile. Christine retired from Canvas + Clay in 2021 and generously donated all of the work on view to the art studio that she loved for 17 years.