Born in Northumberland in 1954 and educated there and in Lancashire, Christine moved to London in 1972 to study at St. Martin’s School of Art, where she attained a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design in 1976. She then worked as a graphic designer in London studios including Pentagram Design before becoming a free-lance independent designer.

Christine moved to Lyme Regis in Dorset in 1980 where she continued as a free-lance designer whilst also raising a family. In 1993, she studied at Exeter University for a PGCE as a teacher of art and subsequently became Head of Art at Colyton Grammar School in Devon. Christine also continued developing her own work as a painter.

In 2000, Christine took part in a drawing marathon at The New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture, during which the Dean, Graham Nickson, offered her a scholarship for a further years study. Christine returned to New York to take up the scholarship in 2001. Following an inspiring and stimulating year, Christine became a full-time artist working back in the UK at her Lyme Regis studio. Since then, she has exhibited widely in the West Country and in 2009 had a solo show in London. Her work is in many private collections.

As well as pursuing her career as a painter, Christine shares her artistic knowledge through various public projects. Currently she is commissioned monthly by The Natural History Museum, London to create large-scale drawings with children at the museum. Similar projects have been commissioned or endorsed by Channel 4 Television, The Fossil Festival, The National Campaign for Drawing and Lyme Regis ArtsFest. Christine also mentors a group of adult emerging artists and runs courses in drawing and painting.

The figure and the human condition; the sea; the sky; trees and the land : these have all been favourite subject matter for Christine. With a richness of colour, a passion for drawing and a perception in her handling of oil paint, she achieves a bridge between realism and abstraction; both are evident in her work.

Christine’s new work comprises a series of rich oil paintings and dramatic charcoal drawings depicting eagles, hawks and other birds of prey. These are large works on canvas up to 2 metres in size, capturing the sheer power, movement and glorious plumage of the birds. The paint is built up in layers, creating a thickly encrusted surface which is plastered, gouged and drawn into with brush and palette knife, resulting in defiantly contemporary work. The effect is electrifying, the birds hyper-real, fizzling with energy and attitude, and both compelling and demanding for the viewer.