Resume

Christa first started painting nearly 30 years ago, after she was introduced her first box of watercolours. Since then she has received great popular and critical acclaim.

Christa has always known she would be an artist and a portrait painter. Ever since childhood she has displayed remarkable artistic abilities with a special talent for drawing faces.

Many of her paintings are now in private collections throughout Cyprus, England, Ireland, Greece, Lithuania and Russia.

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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS  

• 1987 – 1990  American Intercontinental University of London / degree in Fashion Merchandising, majoring in Figure Drawing, Colour Theory, History of Art and Textile Design

 

• 1990 – 2000   Studied with Helene Black, internationally renowned artist, for approximately 10 years to further her training in the art of portrait and oil colour in general. This enhanced her knowledge of colour, form, light and shadow, all essential elements of a successful painting.