Cristina Landscape Design
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                                                                                                           "All gardening is landscape painting."
William Kent

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Born in Timisoara, Romania, a university city, full of history, unquestionable architectural beauty museums and a cult for art, into an intellectual family, from a very early, I decided and was supported by my family to enter the world of art, following my father’s footsteps.

Admitted at Timisoara’s Art School, where I spent the next 8 years I attended regular exhibition around the country.  It was the spring of 2002 as part of an exhibition/ training in Germany that I discover my now career. Visiting Vienna, I was capture by the art of the Viennese artist Hundertwasser who change my way of thinking about art and changed my future carrier path.

Upon graduating Art School I majored in Landscape Architecture, because Hundertwasser
showed me the endless possibility of putting a painting in motion by involving nature.
 Also majoring in Cultural Anthropology, because after the ancient Greek art concept –antropocentrism- (the man is in the middle of the universe), studying history of mankind, made me  understand better the relation between the man and nature.

But art is in my heart forever, and is influencing me in every landscape design I created.

I love landscape design because it allows involvement in analysis, site planning, design, and all stages of project development including the various submittals. Also the process allows involvement with the clients and it gives me a tremendous pleasure to make and see people happy.


Work:
Landscape Architect, Capital Landscape
Landscape Architect, Fivestar Landscape
Landscape Architect, Paradise Pools Inc.
Landscape Architect, Hi-Tech Landscape Inc.

Projects:

Landscape Architect,  Thomas Scott Property, (90 acres).
Landscape Architect,  Restoration Project-Sierra 2 Center Sacramento.
Landscape Architect,  Researched Habitat Restoration, Woodland.
Designer Intern,  SC-UTT-SA, Romania.

Education:

* Bachelor of Science Degree, UC Davis in Landscape Architecture
   Minor in Textile and Clothing.
Additional coursework: Native American History, Plant ID California Natives, Anthropology.....
* Additional coursework from American River College, Sacramento: AutoCAD, Interior design , Art
* Achieved Art Degree from Art School, Timisoara, Romania.

Computer Skills:

AutoCAD, GIS, ArhiCAD, Vector Works, Photoshop, In Design, Illustrator, Sketch-up, Brice, GIS, Dream weaver, Splash…


Accomplishments:

Published author of ‘How Paintings Come Alive Through Landscapes’ (2010) a study of Landscape Design History in parallel with Art History, and the transition of Art into Landscape.







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      “For me, a landscape does not exist in its own right, since its appearance changes at every moment; but the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life - the light and the air which vary continually. For me, it is only the surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value.”
                                                 Claude Monet