Christine Vandenbergh

Art – Fine Arts Practitioner
Fine Art Tutor

QUALIFICATIONS: Dip of fine Arts – East Sydney Technical

ARTIST: Christine was born in Mackay Queensland. She always had a natural ability to draw with this talent being acknowledged at an early age. Her family greatly encouraged this talent and sent her to further her Art education in Sydney. Here she found her love of portraiture amongst the varied artistic fields that she explored. On leaving College Christine went on to teach Fine Arts at W.E.A. Workers Educational Association of Wollongong in N.S.W. On coming to Western Australia in the early nineteen eighties Christine found employment with the well known art supply company ‘Jackson’s Drawing Supplies’ here she was exposed to the huge volume of manufactured products giving her a substantial understanding and knowledge of art materials and equipment. This along with her teaching knowledge is now shared with her students and clients that attend Rockingham’s leading arts supply outlet ‘About Art’.

MEDIA: As explained above, Christine has been exposed to both traditional and contemporary Media with their associated Mediums, Grounds and tools of application. She has gained by exploring the interaction and technical correctness of these elements but favours traditional oils...

CATEGORIES & SUBJECTS: In Fine Arts, Christine works in Traditional Categories of Portraiture and is open to commission

ARTWORKS: Christine is a prize winning artist who exhibits successfully in competitive exhibition. She is often employed for Art Demonstration, Tutoring and Workshop Facilitating. Her successful skill in Portraiture has resulted in many commissions, these being housed in prominent Art Collections. Along with her business partner, Christine contributes generously to community fundraising for many local associations.

Child of Earth	Warmth	Light

All three are Oils on stretched canvases.

 

“Last supper” – 3m x 3m grey scale drawings, a collaborative project between Christine Vandenburg and Marion Luck. These drawings were for leadlight artist to use when making the windows for the Mater Christi Parish Church in Yangebup. Christine did the grey scale drawings for the leadlight artist to use on these windows of John Paul 2 and St Mother Tesesa in the Yangebup Mater Christi Church.