CHRISTINE PIKE

Christine Pike’s home and studio is in rural Vacy in the Hunter Valley, NSW.

Christine paints with water colours and mixed media, inspired by the late Molly Flaxman and Rhondda Walters respectively, and after being under the tutelage of Ann Cape, creates life drawings.

She's been a Semi-Finalist in the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, a Finalist in the Mosman Art Prize and the 42 Muswellbrook Art Prize, and a Winner of the Pam Jennings Memorial Open Prize – Scone.

Christine is an Associate Member of the Royal Art Society of NSW.

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Headwater

Celebrating landscapes carved by rivers. A collection of works by Carol Gill 4th March until 16th April 2023

Lyrebird gully Studio - The Cottage 10 Dangar Road, Brooklyn NSW.

Open : Saturday & Sunday 10am - 3pm

“We begin where the water falls and collects in the Blue Mountains – on its eastern slopes, to the hillsides and ridges from which it flows, to the serpentine rivers that move silently and powerfully towards the sea.

Amongst the folds and bends of these valleys, nature grows in abundance and nurtured by this water, ephemeral blooming of plants follows. This exhibition of works celebrates the landscape in which this interaction of water and land occurs.”

I work in mixed media collage and the textures of the papers and paint reflect the textures of the landscape from where my images are generated. I work from my photography, graphite and watercolour field sketches and bring each painting to finished art in my studio in Webbs Creek.

“Headwater” honours the glory of the Hawkesbury River and its coastal landscape. - Carol Gill www.carolgillgraphics.com

Page 190 : Azure in the Mangroves, Carol Gill.