About the Artist & Professional Affiliations
Christine Hooker

About the Artist

Christine is a native of Newport Beach, California. She spent her childhood outdoors, in and around the water, surrounded by a beautiful environment and constant sunshine of Orange County. She grew up knowing that art was in her blood. Influenced by her Colorado native grandparents and old ties to Tesuque, New Mexico, Chris learned to honor the landscape and Native American treasures of the American West.  She followed her mother into the arts and her father into all things nautical. Christine has a long line of mariners in her family tree and coincidentally, she worked as a naval draftsman, yacht illustrator and yacht interior designer throughout high school and college. Graduating with a BA in Fine Arts, she worked many years in the interior & building industries. With a lifelong interest in jewelry, Christine studied the art of metalsmithing, becoming a fine jeweler. Having won many awards and scholarships for her art and jewelry, she knew from early childhood that her art training would one day culminate in the pursuit of excellence as an oil painter. Christine's love for antiques and her Western heritage show in the subject matter of her paintings. Placing the greatest value on tenacious study and academic training, Christine has continued her lifelong quest for great training studying with great artist-mentors including Kevin Macpherson, Scott Christensen, Matt Smith, Sherrie McGraw and David Leffel.  Christine and her cousins remain owners of a centennial property in Weld County, Colorado.

"I am very lucky to be a lifelong resident of the birthplace of the California plein air movement, where art has always been a large part of my life. Inspired by the California Impressionists, my Western heritage and the early Dutch painters who captured light and drama, the natural beauty in the moment, I paint the beauty of light and shadow on wonderful old objects and common things such as leaves, flowers and fruit to capture a look, a feeling and a bit of mystery that will resonate an emotional response with the viewer.   

Professional Affiliations