(CIMH) recently installed five paintings of James D. Christiansen, Modesto, California

The California Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) recently installed five paintings of James D. Christiansen, Modesto, California, in the Sequoia Room main conference room. James Christiansen was selected by invitation and answer to a call for Artists to represent Stanislaus County The paintings number Christiansen's three recent award winners for watercolors at the Central California Art Association Spring shows in 2008 and 2009, including Chaos of My Room, selected for the CIMH 2008 statewide program review publication (published 2009) and Samurai Tasered, published in a different California Department of Mental Health related publication. Samurai Tasered has been widely shown in the Modesto area, painted after a series of incidents related to tasered and shot mental health clients.

Other paintings by name are Genie, Unbottled, uncorked, For Art Walk, and Bridge Date (acrylic) Installation was March 5, 2010 with an indefinite run that may be extended into summer. The Paintings are sale, and four of them are listed on the Fine Art America web site at www.fineartAmerica.com

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Photo is Chaos of My Room, watercolor 2nd award winner, Category IV watercolor, Central California Art Association, juried Annual Spring Show, 2008. Companion entry Genie Unbottled, Uncorked, received third award in same category and show. James Christiansen previously won this category in 1993, the last time entered, with Wheelchair Racer, that hangs in the offices of (DRAIL) Disability Resources Agency for Independent Living, Modesto, California, displayed in the lobby, at main offices, 920 12th Street, Modesto, CA. He won an honorable mention in the category IV watercolor in 2009 with For Art Walk, also displayed in the hangings at CIMH.

Contact
Artist, James D. Christiansen, 209-521-5559
email is mercenary_graphics@yahoo.com
Address: 537 Bodem Street, Modesto, CA 95350

Reference CIMH
Alice Washington
California Institute of Mental Health
2125 19th Street
Sacramento, CA 95818

Office hours for CIMH are 8 am to 5 pm Monday thru Friday. Conference/workroom accessible to the public through reception, unless conference or meeting in session.

CIMH is also across the street from the Verge Gallery and Studio Project in the 900 block of V Street, and the Shiny Nickel Gallery on 21st Street, and the Sacramento Center for Contemporary Art also on 19th Street.