ABOUT CHRISTINE
I’m a self-taught artist who is passionate about painting portraits, which for me is a way of honoring the individual as intrinsically valuable, bearing something of the image of God.
Whilst my style of portraiture is figurative I try to add distinctive abstract touches. Working mainly from photographs, I am not dependent on a sitter’s availability, and find I have more freedom to paint creatively when using a limited colour pallet. A series can result when a particular face appeals, each one in a different colour and media. I have been known to photograph a stranger seen in the supermarket – with their permission, of course! I also venture into still-life and abstract, and this is where I enjoy splashing out the colours.
As far back as I can remember, sitting drawing at my mother’s kitchen table in the school holidays, I knew I wanted to be an artist. However, it is only later in life – in fact since 2017 – with a “now or never” attitude, that the long-held dream has become reality.
I exhibit regularly at Cambridge Drawing Society, Cambridge Open Studios and other local exhibitions, and occasionally with MMContemporART, a co-operative of artist friends. Owing to recent interest I am beginning tentatively to take commissions. This is my very own, “big adventure”.
Exhibitions (covid restrictions permitting):
Cambridge Drawing Society Spring 2021
Cambridge Open Studios July 2021, Pitt Building, Cambridge
Cambridge Drawing Society Spring 2022
Cambridge Drawing Society Autumn 2022
Cambridge Drawing Society Spring 2022, Pitt Building, Cambridge.