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CHRISTINE FLINTHAM SWA, SBA, SFP

All paintings of flowers & Fruit are life size

Purple Anemones	Freesias
watercolour on Artistico Grana Satinata hot pressed 100% cotton paper	watercolour on Artistico Grana Satinata hot pressed 100% cotton paper
Hellebores	Rose
watercolour on Artistico Grana Satinata hot pressed 100% cotton paper	watercolour on Artistico Grana Satinata hot pressed 100% cotton paper
Poppies
watercolour on Artistico Grana Satinata hot pressed 100% cotton paper
Pomegranate
watercolour on Artistico Grana Satinata hot pressed 100% cotton paper

Christine has been a botanical artist for over fifteen years.  Having studied art at school and after bringing up a family, while administering the family business she returned to formal study at Capel Manor College, Enfield where she received tuition and inspiration from Christabel King, a well-regarded illustrator in this field.  Always seeking perfection she attends courses at Madingley Hall, Cambridge University, Cambridge University Botanic Garden and The Chelsea Physic Garden. 

She aims to produce botanical studies that are true to the plant, its structure and identifying features, while creating paintings that have movement and style, working in watercolour on hot pressed paper to achieve exquisitely detailed results.  Her study of Papaver orientalis was chosen from  a strong field for the flyers, invitations and posters for The Society of Floral Painters’ 2008 national exhibition.

A member of The Society of Women Artists,  The Society of Botanical Artists and The Society of Floral Painters, she has sold extensively and has shown at the following

Exhibitions:

The Society of Botanical Artists, Central Hall, Westminster

The Society of Floral Painters, The National Trust Mottisfont Abbey

The Society of Floral Painters, The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens

The Society of Women Artists, The Mall Galleries, London

Arden Gallery, Buntingford 

Mill Green Museum, Welwyn

The Peter Hedley Gallery, Wareham

Hertfordshire Open Studios, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007

With her daughter, Gael Sellwood, also a botanical artist, she will be holding an exhibition at The Studio, Church End Cottage, Horseshoe Lane, Great Hormead, Hertfordshire, SG9 0NH.

Dassels Hertfordshire  01763 289636 ~ Email: christine@flintham.org