Christine Morren

Christine Morren Biography

Belgium, born 1966

Christine Morren was born in Belgium in 1966. She always considered arts to be somewhat of a dream, but after pursuing a "serious" profession concluded the only serious career for her was just there: in painting.

In 2002, she started painting in acrylics but the more malleable oil technique became her medium of choice, permitting a more profound manipulation. She developed her own language.

Christine's world is teeming with creatures. As her works vary in intensity, emotion and dimensions, so do the theme and subjects. In a wide - or wild? - range, from tiny portraits to families or captured mythicalesque moment, the paintings speak in a curiously absorbing world view, yet unique coherence.

Christine Morren draws a purpose and theme for the work from an abstract first base. Along with her palette, a refined shadow and light play make her work present an extraordinary luminous quality.

Though there exists, certainly, a deeper sense in her work, is there a need for storytelling around them - and should it be inflicted upon the viewer? The artist does speak volumes - through the richness of the work itself.

Christine's work has been exposed in various other galleries and exhibitions in Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, UK, USA, ...