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Surviving a Lightning Strike with Santa Fe Artists Elizabeth Hayes Christopher and Scott Christop

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What happens when a sudden bolt from the sky changes your life forever? Lightning Strike is a powerful mini-documentary that follows the incredible journey of Santa Fe artists Elizabeth Hayes Christopher and Scott Christopher. They both defied the odds after surviving a near-fatal lightning strike—on a clear, sunny day—steps away from their art studio.


Lightning Strike Contemporary Art by Elizabeth Hayes Christopher and Scott Christopher


Miraculously, they both lived to tell their story, using their second chance at life as inspirational fuel for creativity, resilience, and artistic transformation. Through their art, they channel the energy of their experience to inspire, heal, and connect with people worldwide.


Aspen Lightning Strike Performance by Elizabeth Hayes Christopher

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This film segment also features each artist working in their element. Santa Fe artist and Action Painter Scott Christopher creates art at his Santa Fe, New Mexico studio. This film celebrates Action Painting, often called gestural abstraction, which is the practice of spontaneously dribbling, splashing, and smearing paint upon the surface with artistic intention. (Scott Christopher film on YouTube).


Scott Christopher working at his Santa Fe studio.

Scott Christopher is also associated with abstract expressionism and is described as an Outsider artist. Scott is a self-taught artist who became enamored with mark-making as a child thanks to his father, who had a careful eye for contemporary photography. Scott Christopher is also the author of the best-selling memoir Baseball Art & Dreams, available on Amazon.


Santa Fe artist Elizabeth Hayes Christopher author of Lightning Seeds

Elizabeth Hayes Christopher is a multidisciplinary artist and published poet. She studied art history at the Institute of European Studies in London and art, photography, and poetry at Bowdoin College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree. After college, Elizabeth continued her artistic exploration in New York City for seventeen years. During this time, she studied horticulture and garden design at the New York Botanical Garden, floral design at Parsons School of Design, and creative writing at New York University.


Elizabeth Hayes Christopher peforms a Lightning Strike at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice

Elizabeth is also a performance artist who regularly performs “Lightning Strikes” at museums while immersing herself within specific environmental locations. While wrapped in a red metallic shroud, Elizabeth contorts her entire being into poses that amplify the effect of their lightning strike. (Above, Elizabeth performs “Lightning Strike” at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy.)

Lightning Seeds Museum-Grade Art Book by Elizabeth Hayes Christopher

At the same time, inspiring crowds gathered to participate in this joyous event. (Elizabeth Hayes Christopher is also the author of Lightning Seeds, a poetry and watercolor collection. You can also see her first video on YouTube here.)

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