Christina left her role as a Commercial Operations Manager in the end of 2011 to pursue intensive training in drawing and painting.
She is currently building a career as a portrait artist and painter of bespoke commissions.
Her main focus is on portraiture, working mostly from life, using oils in the Alla Prima method. She enjoys the challenge of capturing the observable, the hidden and the inferred, as evidenced in a sitter’s face and environment.
While classically trained in Sydney and London, she adds her own expressive touches to her works – combining the real with the imagined and experiments with different media. She also paints landscapes, still life and large abstract works.
As an art teacher Christina conveys a genuine love of art and care for her student’s development.
Prizes/Exhibitions
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2016
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Finalist Perce Tucker Portrait Prize
Finalist Glencore Percival Protrait Prize
Uncovered: Making a Work of Art Group Exhibition
Finalist Percival Protrait Prize
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2015
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WINNER Singleton Art Prize (Acquisitive)
WINNER Singleton Art Prize – Centanary of Anzac
Finalist Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize – Lismore
Finalist Cliftons Art Prize
Every Boardroom Needs an Artist YSC Event – MCA
History Week War, Nationalism and Identity – Singleton Public Library
Grand Little Pictures group exhibiton – Clifton Gardens
Finalist Waverley Art Prize
Finalist Hunters Hill Art Prize
Finalist Gallipoli Art Prize
Finalist Hunters Hill Art Prize
Finalist Who’s Looking at You Portrait Prize, Cambridge Studio Gallery
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2014
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Semi finalist Doug Moran Portrait Prize
Finalist Hunters Hill Art Prize
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Collections
Her works currently hang in The Singleton Civic Art Collection and private collections in Australia and UK
Education
2015 – Diploma of Fine Art JAAS
– John Olsen Scholarship JAAS
2014 – JAAS Part Time
– Workshop with Kasey Sealy
– Workshop NAS Lucy Cullitan
2013 – Mentored by artist Nick Bashall (London)
– Workshop with Henry Yan (London)
– Lavender Hill Studios – (London)
2012 – Julian Ashton Art School
