About the Artist
Christine was born in Germany where she lived until 1998. She has been a professional painter since 1992, dedicating many years to the artistic exploration of water and coastlines. Entirely self-taught, she was initially inspired by repeated prolonged stays in Australia, and the beauty of its pristine beaches.
After having moved from Munich to London in the late 90s, she turned her attention to Mediterranean waters – the French Riviera, Corsica, and more recently the coastline of the Maremma in Tuscany.
Late 2024 she started her new woodland series of paintings, something she had been tempted by for quite some time.
Christine has exhibited her work in galleries in Munich, Sydney and London and has undertaken various commissions. Due to demand, and in order to make her work accessible for a wider range of buyers, her paintings are available to buy as prints, either as part of a limited edition or as posters.
Her paintings, whilst being personal reflections both on nature and the places of inspiration, resonate with a wide range of people.
About the Artist
Christine was born in Germany where she lived until 1998. She has been a professional painter since 1992, dedicating many years to the artistic exploration of water and coastlines. Entirely self-taught, she was initially inspired by repeated prolonged stays in Australia, and the beauty of its pristine beaches.
After having moved from Munich to London in the late 90s, she turned her attention to Mediterranean waters – the French Riviera, Corsica, and more recently the coastline of the Maremma in Tuscany.
Late 2024 she started her new woodland series of paintings, something she had been tempted by for quite some time.
Christine has exhibited her work in galleries in Munich, Sydney and London and has undertaken various commissions. Due to demand, and in order to make her work accessible for a wider range of buyers, her paintings are available to buy as prints, either as part of a limited edition or as posters.
Her paintings, whilst being personal reflections both on nature and the places of inspiration, resonate with a wide range of people.
She says about her work:
“My paintings reflect the beauty of the natural world. By painting it, I try not only to understand it better but also to capture the essence of what makes it fascinating for us to look at. Water was my favourite topic for many years, because aside from being endlessly varying in its appearance and a real challenge to capture on canvas, it also has all kinds of symbolic, contemplative meanings.”
Consequently, her compositions have covered a range of different ways of looking at water, from the mystery of underwater landscapes to the openness of beach scenes and views from above. Time and again, her favourite theme has been the close-up look. She says:
“As much as I appreciate a beautiful view in the classic sense, I feel that by looking closer one discovers a whole different world – shapes dissolve, others appear, and patterns within patterns are revealed…”
Embarking on painting woodland scenes has been both exhilarating and challenging.
“It’s all about pattern and incredibly multi-layered as far as depth of colour goes. I love spending time in the woods, and there is endless inspiration.”
Christine and her husband, photographer Simon Wood, live in an old farmhouse in rural Suffolk and for part of the year in the coastal countryside of the Maremma, Italy.