Close Looking, an ongoing series about individual paintings, process, and the ideas that move through my work.

Close Looking

Yours Now, 2025 abstract painting by Christina Habibi with a dark central form, layered linear marks, graphite, spray paint and vivid red, blue and yellow passages.

Close Looking: No. 13: Yours Now

Christina Habibi

Strength and vulnerability meet in the act of facing what we’d rather avoid. Continue reading →

Close Looking: No. 13: Yours Now

Christina Habibi

Strength and vulnerability meet in the act of facing what we’d rather avoid. Continue reading →

Abstract painting by Christina Habibi titled Choice Is Yours, 2026, with compact layered forms in pink, red, blue, yellow, white and black.

Close Looking No. 12: Choice is Yours

Christina Habibi

We can be surrounded and still be separate. Choice Is Yours considers closeness, isolation, and the impulse to make contact even when something intervenes. Continue reading →

Close Looking No. 12: Choice is Yours

Christina Habibi

We can be surrounded and still be separate. Choice Is Yours considers closeness, isolation, and the impulse to make contact even when something intervenes. Continue reading →

Abstract painting by Christina Habibi titled Jelly, 2026, with layered black, pale blue, red, peach, yellow and dark blue forms

Close Looking No. 11: Jelly

Christina Habibi

In Jelly, a central presence gathers from independent parts, carrying a sense of movement without revealing exactly where it leads. Continue reading →

Close Looking No. 11: Jelly

Christina Habibi

In Jelly, a central presence gathers from independent parts, carrying a sense of movement without revealing exactly where it leads. Continue reading →

Abstract painting by Christina Habibi titled Show Me the Way, 2026, with fragmented painted forms, gestural lines, layered color and handwritten marks on a pale ground.

Close Looking No. 10: Show Me the Way

Christina Habibi

In Show Me the Way, coming together and coming apart begin to resemble different moments in the same process. Continue reading →

Close Looking No. 10: Show Me the Way

Christina Habibi

In Show Me the Way, coming together and coming apart begin to resemble different moments in the same process. Continue reading →

Abstract painting by Christina Habibi titled The Kidnap, 2026, with layered pale, blue, black, red, orange, and brown forms.

Close Looking No. 9: The Kidnap

Christina Habibi

In The Kidnap, closeness and disappearance exist at the same time, with memory giving certain details more weight than they once held. Continue reading →

Close Looking No. 9: The Kidnap

Christina Habibi

In The Kidnap, closeness and disappearance exist at the same time, with memory giving certain details more weight than they once held. Continue reading →

Abstract painting by Christina Habibi titled Welcome Home, 2026, with layered black, red, blue, pink, cream, and white forms connected across a square canvas.

Close Looking No. 8: Welcome Home

Christina Habibi

In Welcome Home, two opposing forms remain connected as balance, dependence, and support continually shift between them. Continue reading →

Close Looking No. 8: Welcome Home

Christina Habibi

In Welcome Home, two opposing forms remain connected as balance, dependence, and support continually shift between them. Continue reading →