Seasons and Blossoms

I am often drawn to using and reusing the same ceramic pieces in my still life paintings. This tall, elegant, white vase was painted over several years, at different seasons with different blossoms. These paintings have long since been sold, but it is interesting to show them together to see the similarities and the contrasts.…

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Life in Lockdown

During 2020, the pattern of my life was not greatly altered. I had to cancel my proposed 2020 exhibition, true, but I still kept painting. Since travel was restricted, my focus was on still life paintings. I grow some flowers with a view to painting them and that gave me a ready source of inspiration.…

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Coming Exhibition

The fog of Covid19 is starting to clear and the vaccines are starting to be rolled out. Time to set course for a new show of my latest work. It will be at the Metcalfe Gallery, Brisbane Institute of Art, Windsor, Brisbane. The dates are from 27th August to the 8th September 2021. During lockdown…

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Finalist in the “Pastel 100” Competition

Christine received recognition as a finalist in The Pastel Journal’s “Pastel 100” Competition. This prestigious competition selected one hundred of the world’s best pastel artists. Christine’s painting ‘Farm Horses’ appears in the April 2009 edition of The Pastel Journal.

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First prize in the D’Arcy Doyle Art Award

In December 2008 I received first prize in the still life section of the D’Arcy Doyle Art Award for ‘Zig Zag Wattle’ (Oil on Lead Priming, 87 by 46 cm). Over the past 3 years of this competition, I have been honoured with two first prizes and a second prize. I am pictured here in…

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