Tag: Oil paint
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Sea Treasure / Trésor de la mer
Read more: Sea Treasure / Trésor de la merSea Treasure or Trésor de la mer is another work of the imagination similar in conception to the Rock painting (Le Retour aux Sources). A young attractive woman integrated into nature, this time water. The hands of nature offering up an oyster and pearl to….
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Nathalie
Read more: NathalieNathalie: Nathalie Pelhate was the daughter of Christine’s local doctor. The painting was done as payment for medical visits and a series of cortisone injections that Christine needed to overcome a serious injury……
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Recognition / Rapport
Read more: Recognition / RapportRecognition was another painting based on a dream. In the painting, Christine has altered her own face to give it a more feline look, complete with pseudo ears formed by the waves in her hair. Of course, the most notable feature is….
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Jeanne Morrison
Read more: Jeanne MorrisonJeanne Morrison was the wife of Julian Morrison, a reporter for the Daily News in Washington DC and a good friend of Benny, Christine’s ex-husband. Christine was on a trip to Washington to earn money painting portraits of…….
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Le Choix / The Choice
Read more: Le Choix / The ChoiceThe Choice or Le Choix was a second painting of Sybille Bennet, a fellow artist, neighbour and good friend of Christine’s. She lived just opposite her in Fayence, on the other side of the Rue de Château. This was yet another painting created to….
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Sybille
Read more: SybilleSybille: Sybille Bennet was a fellow artist, neighbour and good friend of Christine’s, who lived just opposite her place in Fayence, on the other side of the Rue de Château. This was another painting created to enter a specific exhibition, the 13th Grand Prix of the Côte d’Azure, in Cannes. In the diaries you can…
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Quo Vadis?
Read more: Quo Vadis?Quo Vadis? is Latin for “Where are you going?” or, from the King James Bible, John 13:36, “Whither goest thou?”. This phrase has generally come to represent a reflection on one’s direction or purpose in life. Unlike some of her paintings, this one didn’t start with a title or a dream but, instead, with a…
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Un Souffle de Renaissance / Breath of the Renaissance
Read more: Un Souffle de Renaissance / Breath of the RenaissanceUn Souffle de Renaissance or Breath of the Renaissance is finally a painting I know something about as it’s me, Anthony, her younger son. This was a real struggle to complete during a brief vacation I took in France, the year after I graduated from Duke University in the USA. You can see from the…
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Lady Emma Hamilton
Read more: Lady Emma HamiltonLady Emma Hamilton was one of only four miniatures that Christine painted. This is another portrait of a free spirited woman who lead a life outside the norms of society. Despite a humble beginning, Emma made good use of her…….
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Thomas Hardy
Read more: Thomas HardyThomas Hardy, poet and author, was one of only four miniatures that Christine painted. This was commissioned by her step-father, Oliver Butcher, who thought it would sell when he exhibited it in the lobby of the….