PORTER the tidy shed 2013
‘The Tidy Shed’ 2013 watercolour 83x64cm Sold

PAINTER   PRINTMAKER   TEACHER   PUBLISHER

 

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, 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.

 

 

LATEST NEWS

Christine’s paintings have travelled across the countryside these last few months. Thanks to Fastway, BusQld and the committee of the Blackall Cultural Association, Christine’s work was able to be shown in Blackall at their art show, which was part of the #B150 celebrations, with excellent results. Thanks to Sue Denham for the photos that she kindly sent me on opening night.

Christine was earlier in the year visiting the famous shearing shed at “Deeargee” near Uralla. This is a short video of her time there.

 ART CLASSES WITH CHRISTINE 

Colour Mixing for watercolour single day workshop by ChristinePorter in LismoreNSW Australia
Colour Mixing for Watercolour. October 13, 2018, at Christine’s studio in Lismore.  Bookings and details on EVENTBRITE, or contact Christine directly.
Easy Drypoint Printing - One day printmaking workshop. Make a small edition of prints to frame or give away as Christmas Cards. With Artist Christine Porter
Easy Drypoint Printing. November 17, 2018 Learn how to make a simple plate, then ink and print it. Make a small edition of  prints to frame or give away as Christmas Cards. Bookings and details on EVENTBRITE. or contact Christine directly.
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- From October 2018 –  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 with this exciting addition to Christine’s teaching calendar.

 

MORE INFORMATION

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

QUICK LINK to the recently released suite of Magpie drypoint engravings. Image: Magpie XXIII 2017, drypoint, 6x6cm
Alternative text
Shearing Shed paintings
paintings
artwork about sheep
etchings
cards + prints
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
studio-at-night
book a studio visit
'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 –  “The Hundredth Shearing Shed” (proposed title) NERAM Armidale  Feb2019
Group Exhibitions – Australian Watercolour Institute: Gosford Regional Gallery until Easter 2018. Annual Exhibition, Sydney  June-July2018
Gallery Representation – Red Hill Gallery Brisbane, PG Printmaker Gallery Melbour

ne, The Moree Gallery,Moree, Art Aspects Gallery Lismore, Maclean.
Regular Exhibitor – Toowoomba Grammar, Downlands, Goondiwindi Aspects Art Show, Blackall Heartland, others

QUICK LINK to the blog post that announced Christine as a writer in the blogger-sphere, even though she'd been posting blogs since 2012
QUICK LINK to the blog post that announced Christine as a writer in the blogger-sphere, even though she’d been posting blogs since 2012

SOCIAL MEDIA 

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