Christine Watson Arca

Christine received her training over 40 years ago at traditional long established Art Schools in Birmingham and London. She sees her work as following in the great colour legacy of Gauguin Bonnard and Matisse.
These are works of joy and peaceful optimism that
hold a powerful meditative presence.

BIAD Birmingham 1st. Class Hons Fine Art 1980 Commendations in History of Art 2nd yr. Japanese Art 3rd yr. Cubism Commendations in Complimentary Studies: Gestalt Psychology of Perception M.A. Fine Art Royal College of Art London 1984 Dissertation on Byzantine Iconography Travelling Award to visit Russia 1984
Early Exhibition list deleted here

Below solo shows etc
2007 March-April Theatre Clwyd Mold 22 paintings

2008 March-April Williamson Gallery Birkenhead Wirral solo show
http://www.wirral.gov.uk/

March 25th REVIEW Phil Key Liverpool Daily Post http://tinyurl.com/6mps2d2009 l
2008 March 21st’Church Times’ Issue 7566 http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=53649

2009 Sacred Space Gallery Lansdowne Crescent Notting Hill London W11 2NN
www.sacredspacegallery.com

2011- 2012 University of Chester Binks Building Works on Paper

2012 Victoria Museum Liverpool 'On the Red Wall'
http://www.liv.ac.uk/vgm/art/index.htm L69 3BX
June -November

2012 Bluecoat Books Chester Sep 1st-30th 11 works on paper

STATEMENT

I have a large quantity of work, which by degrees is maturing. Like a garden an area throws up its surprises then fades back. A painting may appear finished though its depths are hidd...