Christine Porter – Australian Artist – painter, printmaker, teacher, publisher, writer

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Christine Porter with her 2016 painting "the shed on the hill" of the old shed at "Newstead" where Tom Roberts painted "The Golden Fleece". — Christine Porter, artist

Christine Porter lives in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, working from her studio there, as well as in more remote areas of New South Wales and Queensland.

She is a full time professional artist. Career highlights include a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Southern Cross University, the 2006 McGregor Fellowship for overseas travel, 150+ prizes, artwork in The National Gallery of Australia and more read her full cv here .

Her artwork tells visual stories about rural Australia, specializing in a portrayal of the iconic Australian Shearing Shed. As a printmaker Christine continues her rural subjects, as well as more personal themes. She uses other mediums too, such as artist made boxes, when the inspiration strikes.

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LATEST NEWS

Solo Exhibition. Armidale 8 February – 17 March 2019

Radio National

After accidentally meeting Radio National presenter Ed Ayers in a caravan park in Armidale, he invited her to be on his program, “The Arts Show”. A few months later they went to a shearing shed near Stanthorpe and recorded some stories. The resulting program was broadcast February 13th, 2019. Listen here.

Date Claimers

Solo Exhibition 2020 Gympie Regional Gallery, Qld. 18 March -24th April
Solo Exhibition 2021 Stanthorpe Regional Gallery, Qld. 5 August -19 September

ART CLASSES WITH CHRISTINE

Studio Door Art workshops by Christine Porter at her home in LismoreNSW Australia. A variety of single day classes about watercolour, printmaking and art-business — **The Studio Door Art Workshops- Februrary-November 2019** – monthly single-day workshops in a number of watercolour, printmaking and art-business topics from her studio in Lismore. (None in December nor January). Follow Christine’s EVENTBRITE profile to keep up to date. 2019 workshop program.

MORE INFORMA

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Click on an image for more information about Christine’s practice

QUICK LINK to the 2017 suite of Magpie drypoint engravings. **Image**: Magpie XXIII 2017, drypoint, 6x6cm

Alternative text — Shearing Shed paintings

artist-in-the-classroom-christine-porter — teaching

Winning %22The Bentley%22 — about the artist

detail-cherish-the-handwritten-moments-2006-multi-plate-colour-etching-6-7x4-6cm-christine-porter-copy — writing – Blog

'There was a crooked shed' (detail) Christine Porter — shop

the-mailbox-1996-watercolour-on-paper — contact

WHERE TO SEE CHRISTINE’S ART

Studio Visit – Christine’s studio/gallery in Lismore, open by appointment. Contact us to book a visit.
Solo Exhibitions – Gympie Regional Gallery Qld. March 18 – April 24, 2020
Stanthorpe Regional Gallery Qld. August 5- September 19 2021
Group Exhibitions Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition, Sydney June-July 2019
Gallery Representation – Red Hill Gallery Brisbane, PG Printmaker Gallery Melbourne, The Moree Gallery,Moree, Art Aspects Gallery Lismore, Coldstream Gallery Ulmarra, The Lodge on Hawthorne Blackall.
Regular Exhibitor – Toowoomba Grammar, Downlands, Goondiwindi Aspects Art Show, Blackall Heartland, others

SOCIAL MEDIA

Christine is on Twitter as ChrisPorterArt, Facebook as Christine Porter, Artist Instagram as christineporterartist and YouTube as ChristinePorterArtist