"CANADA'S FIRST LADY OF WILDLIFE ART"
Christine Marshall
Christine is one of Canada's foremost painters of Nature. Her paintings have captured the imaginations of animal lovers everywhere. Few artists on the contemporary scene have achieved the level of success or the international acclaim her work has received. Christine creates breathtaking original paintings with acrylic on canvas with immense detail, with exceptional artistry and emotion.
Born in London, England, Christine displayed an interest in art from an early age.
Her father, John Flaxman, an artist and distant relative of the first artist engaged by the famous British potter, Josiah Wedgwood, guided her in her initial attempts in drawing and painting. Christine has produced 26 different Collector plates, her first with the Wedgwood Company. Her first subjects recognized and collected by the Galleries in Ontario in the mid 1970's were the large and bold Mushroom themes. This subject, which Christine considers the starting point of her recognition as a painter has remained her trademark to this day.
Christine Marshall
Christine is one of Canada's foremost painters of Nature. Her paintings have captured the imaginations of animal lovers everywhere. Few artists on the contemporary scene have achieved the level of success or the international acclaim her work has received. Christine creates breathtaking original paintings with acrylic on canvas with immense detail, with exceptional artistry and emotion.
Born in London, England, Christine displayed an interest in art from an early age.
Her father, John Flaxman, an artist and distant relative of the first artist engaged by the famous British potter, Josiah Wedgwood, guided her in her initial attempts in drawing and painting. Christine has produced 26 different Collector plates, her first with the Wedgwood Company. Her first subjects recognized and collected by the Galleries in Ontario in the mid 1970's were the large and bold Mushroom themes. This subject, which Christine considers the starting point of her recognition as a painter has remained her trademark to this day.
BIOGRAPHY_________________
BACKGROUND
Christine received Achievements Awards for both Art and Music in her early education. Fine Arts Degree, York University, Toronto. Ontario Teachers’ College & Art Supervisor Certificate. 15 years of teaching in the Elementary School level and leader of various workshops for both teachers and adults.
First inspired by Nature in the Caledon Hills north of Toronto in the 1970's.
Gallery owner and manager for over 40 years in Ontario. Specializes in acrylic on canvas and Wildlife and Nature painting. Christine has published over 260 limited edition wildlife prints and 26 Collector Plates to date.
STYLE
Christine’s style of painting, known as “Romantic Realism”, presents a positive and “warmer side” of Nature. Through her paintings, she brings the viewer closer than ever to an emotional interlude with Nature and the animals she paints. People experience a renewed, personal insight towards this earth and its creatures and thereby, hopefully cherish them even more.
EXHIBITIONS
Over 400 solo exhibits have been hosted across Canada, the United States and overseas in Christine’s career, with special shows in Whistler, B.C., the Biodome in Montreal and Ontario House in London, England. Christine is known in the Ontario Resorts for her “Artist in Residence” programmes.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
Christine has published a volume of her life called “The Romance of Nature’ with an introduction by Group of Seven Artist, A.J. Casson. It is leatherbound and housed in a cherrywood case.
Special projects with Wedgwood, London Life Insurance, Sears, RCMP, Anixter Corp, Birks Jewellers, N.C. Cameron & Sons (Enesco), Blissymbolics and Environment Canada, have produced unique collections.
ARTS
A special Collection of three paintings called “The Trilogy of Passion” was created to raise funds for the Performing Arts – Music, Dance and Theatre.
TRAVEL AND RESEARCH
Christine is an accomplished speaker, presenting her fascinating career and travels around the world as she prepares for her compositions. Her numerous speaking engagements include the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal. Although she is known as “Canada’s First Lady of Wildlife Art’, her research has taken her throughout North America into the Arctic as well as Africa, China and Australia and Europe.
CONSERVATION
Conservation groups have long received Christine’s support, not only through her art contributions, but by her spoken message of promoting awareness of the importance of protecting the land and animals as she travels to all parts of the world.
MEDIA RECOGNITION
In the past 35 years, Christine and her Art have been presented in hundreds of publications, feature articles, magazine covers, as well as numerous T.V. documentaries, feature films and radio presentations across Canada.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Christine has dedicated herself to a lifetime of support to charity groups throughout
Canada, with special interest in Children, Health and Community Service Organizations.
Close associations with the Big Sisters and Big Brothers Clubs and the Sick Childrens’ Hospital of Toronto and the Gorbachev Foundation for the Children of the World have developed over the years.
Christine has participated for many years through her contributions to the Lions, Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs of Canada. Christine has received the prestigious “Paul Harris Fellow” Award through Rotary.
There have been hundreds of guest speaking appearances and donations through her Art with emphasis on The Kidney Foundation, A.L.S., the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the Cancer Society.
