Contemporary artist Christina Leigh, the artist behind CLR Creations, presents “Places We Carry,” a solo exhibition exploring how landscapes, cities, and shared experiences become part of our personal stories. Through abstract cartography, layered textures, fluid color, and geographic detail, Christina transforms maps into records of memory, culture, and connection. Featuring works inspired by destinations near and far, including the developing Savannah Cartography Series, the exhibition invites viewers to consider the places they have encountered, the stories held within them, and what we continue to carry long after we leave.

Sevilla Soul: Streets & Stories traces the spirit of Sevilla through its winding streets, layered history, architecture, gardens, and gathering places. Terracotta, orange, stone, and shades of green evoke sun-warmed façades, fragrant orange trees, hidden courtyards, and the gardens of the Royal Alcázar, while cobalt blue and white details recall the ceramic tilework of Plaza de España. Landmarks emerge in gold leaf from a city built over Moorish-inspired patterns, reflecting the centuries of history beneath modern Sevilla. Created as a commission for a mother and daughter, the painting becomes a map of shared experience, capturing how a city can live within our memories long after the journey home.

Ossabaw Island: Of Oceans and Oaks explores the quiet movement of one of Georgia’s most significant barrier islands, where maritime forests, winding tidal creeks, salt marshes, and shifting shorelines have been shaped by water and time. Fluid layers of teal, deep purple, soft pink, olive green, and ochre echo the movement of tides and erosion, while the island’s geography emerges through translucent glazes. Beneath the recognizable map, colors continue to flow into one another, reflecting an island whose natural and human histories have accumulated over thousands of years. The painting considers Ossabaw as a living landscape, continually shaped by the ocean, sheltered beneath ancient oaks, and carrying generations of stories within its shores.

Pin Point: Pearls & Perseverance honors the Gullah-Geechee community of Pin Point, where generations built lives shaped by family, faith, the marsh, and the waters that sustained them. Inspired by the community’s connection to the oyster industry, a soft pearlescent pour recalls the luminous interior of an oyster shell, while gritty impasto echoes its weathered exterior. Layers of pink, lavender, blue, cream, and ochre reflect the beauty held within a history shaped by labor, tradition, and enduring cultural memory. Like the oyster itself, the painting invites us to look beyond the surface and discover the stories, people, and heritage held within.