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Christine
O'Keeffe
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Christine
has always worked in the field of art and design. She entered Art
College at the age of sixteen where she trained originally as a
potter and then taught for a number of years before retraining as
an interior designer to run her own interiors business. More recently
she qualified and worked as a landscape architect. Despite this
comprehensive association with the design world Christine only commenced
working with watercolours ten years ago when a friend persuaded
her to join her at a watercolour workshop.
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Following is a selection of this artists work, please phone
(01350 728855) to see what we have available
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Granite Peaks
56
x 40cms
watercolour
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Over the Brow of the Hill
56 x 40cms
watercolour
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A
Steep
Wooded Path
56 x 40cm
watercolour
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Trickle of Water on the Burn
SOLD
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From Ben Wyvis
19 x 19cm
waatercolour
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Better Weather Ahead
19 x 19cm
watercolour
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Mountains and Lochs
19
x 19cm
watercolour
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Homeward from Ben Dearg
19 x 19cm
watercolour
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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. |
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