Birthplace: Wales
Background: Studied and received a diploma in Agricultural Science
Fully qualified Guild Commended Picture Framer
Has her own Picture Framing business in her hometown of Bwlch, Brecknockshire.
Teaches & Demonstrates techniques in schools and community art groups.

Medium:
Acrylic & calligraphy Inks - An eclectic mix of techniques: By utilising the qualities of the good watercolour paper Christina is able to work wet in wet, achieving natural organic textures within the painted areas. This difficult and often unpredictable technique gives her work a unique and distinctive style. Hemp and Himalayan hand made Paper plus papers hand made by the Artist, feature in a new collection of abstract contemporary works.

The artist is confining her interpretation to a particular theme of the glyphics: the Nine Lords of the Night. This is the first series for Christina who is hoping to provide an ongoing narrative, with the aim of extrapolating the writings for a modern audience.

Style:
Christina has compiled a new series of Celtic designs that feature traditional and contemporary motifs: Animals, birds, religious and cultural symbolism. The artist’s hand-made papers are semi-abstract and employ traditional colours for a highly contemporary appeal, yet retaining an old, weathered splendour. In this way Christina resurrects, old, half-forgotten formats and with an imaginative twist can transform them into something somewhere between old and brand spanking new. 

Christina’s newest work is the re-interpretation of Mayan Indian glythic writing system. The technique involves using calligraphy ink on watercolour paper to create a glowing watercolour style. Until recent times the communication system used by the Mayan Indians was shrouded in mystery. However in the 1980s experts began making real progress deciphering the code and a whole new world fell before us. As Christina explained, “There is of course a marvellous contradiction because this ‘new’ world is not new in itself – it is only new, or unfamiliar to us…and without ever being fully conscious of it, our modern civilisations have borrowed and assimilated much of the ancient cultures and claimed it as their own. It’s very like the biblical assurance that “the stone that the builders have rejected has become the corner stone.” She continues, “I think, generally, there is a form of hypocrisy about how, as a civilisation, we perceive ourselves. By re-interpreting the Mayan hieroglyphics I want to expose some of this ambiguity, and open up a new narrative.”