Christine’s career commenced as an apprentice commercial artist – drawing still life objects in line and half tone – and progressed into retail and fashion advertising artwork. She moved into the book world as a book designer before becoming an illustrator.

For 15 years Christine was a freelance illustrator of children’s books, both educational and fictional, for local and international publishers. This work entailed inventing characters with continuity, exhibiting multiple facial expressions and gestures, as well as designing costumes and settings. Most of the work in this period was by air-brush.

In 1995 Christine began painting in oils and pastel drawing, taking it up full time. In tandem with general subject themes, she commenced portraiture and found an enduring love of capturing the likeness of fellow man.

She is equally at ease with pastel painting, and has won a number of prizes in this medium, as well as oil painting awards.

Christine travels frequently and extensively with her husband, enabling her fascination of facial diversity, ethnicity of character and expression to be a continual study. At every opportunity she indulges in galleries and art museums around the world.

She has a deep passion for all things Japanese, including the study of the principles of Oriental art.

Her most recent works come from inspiration during contemplative periods observing lyrical calligraphy of grasses and water plants or the graphic patterns of buildings and structures or the effect of water on lineal reflections with the almost abstract look of the subject matter in tight focus.

Awards:
1997 KAS Annual Awards; oil painting “The Italian” first prize
1998 KAS Annual Awards; pastel “Snails Bay” first prize
1999 KAS Annual Awards; pastel “The Golden Fleece” third prize
2000 Royal Easter Show; works on paper “The Golden Fleece” second prize
2001 KAS Annual Awards; pastel “Canalside” first prize
2001 KAS Annual Awards; oil “Danny’s Demons” second prize