Born in Nottingham, Christine attended Queen Elizabeth I Grammar School, Alford, Lincolnshire. Her Foundation Art Course was completed at Grimsby College of Art and Technology. She gained an honours degree in Fine Art at Kingston Polytechnic and Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Middlesex University. Christine studied Creative Textiles with the Open College of Arts and at the City Lit., in London. She gained City and Guilds Part 1 Creative Studies and Embroidery at West Herts College and Part 2 at the Opus School of Textile Arts.
Christine painted for two years in the Middle East and held a major exhibition at the new Bahrain Hilton Hotel. She has exhibited at the Bankside Gallery, London; the Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead; the Holywell Gallery, St Albans; Gallery One Eleven and the Berkeley Gallery, Berkhamsted; the Museum of Garden History, London; the University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne; the Mall Galleries, London and at the K&S Shows at Alexandra Palace, London, Harrogate and Dublin. A number of paintings are displayed at the Jarvis Aubrey Park Hotel, Redbourn. Four of Christine’s designs have been used and marketed by a greetings card company. She has worked for a design company on projects in the Caribbean and won second prize in a cancer research sponsored exhibition in Barbados.
Christine was asked to create the Gold Award and two Silver Awards for the Independent Retailer of the Year in Fabric, Lace and Interior Design. These awards were sponsored by Scotchgard, Dupont and the Home Decoration Retailers Association and presented at an awards ceremony at the GMex centre in Manchester.
Her work reflects her involvement with stitched textiles, and ‘mark-making’, using stitch and paint. In her latest work the two elements are combined. Her hand dyed fabrics focus on painterly qualities.
Christine exhibited annually with the ‘Cloth and Stitch’ group in London until 1998. She is now a member of the New Embroidery Group and Prism who both hold annual exhibitions at high profile venues.
