Snow Piled High
30 x 30cms
watercolour & ink
Price:- £275
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Sparkling Water
30 x 30cms
watercolour & ink
Price:- £275 |
Twilight in the Winter
30 x 30cms
watercolour & ink
Price:- £275
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Autumnal
Grasses
40 x 56cms
watercolour & ink
Price:- £545
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She
approached the medium with confidence only to find watercolour
had a mind of its own. There then ensued a battle between
artist and medium which continues to rage today. Christine
admits she chose to work in watercolour as a challenge,
“There is no other medium whose delicacy and immediacy
is so diametrically opposed to my own multilinear dark and
dramatic sketching style. I felt if I could adapt the medium
to my style of work I might create watercolours that were
distinctive.”
Christine was born and brought up in London, moved to Suffolk
in her teens and has been living and working in Scotland
for the past fifteen years. She lives in a traditional croft
house near the village of Edderton, north of Inverness.
Buried deep in the countryside the house overlooks a wooded
valley to the south and has views of the Struie Hills to
the north. Christine says of her surroundings, “The
beauty of the landscape in Scotland is comparable to the
best anywhere in the world. I feel overwhelmed and inspired
by the ever changing drama, texture and colour of the scenery”.
From working full time and only being able to paint a few
days per year Christine has for the past six years practised
as a full time artist. She has exhibited, in and around
Inverness, with great success but has also exhibited in
London and Edinburgh. Her work has found its way into the
homes and work places of private collectors in as far flung
places as Australia, South Africa, Canada and America.
Christine has no intention of making another change of artistic
direction having found such a worthy adversary in the medium
of watercolour. This latest twist in a career that has seen
many changes is certainly the most challenging, is definitely
the most rewarding and will, surely be the most enduring. |
