Christine Porter

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dragonfly tours UK starting in London, April 2012

The tour dates for the 8th British Miniature Print exhibition have been announced. I received the invitation in the mail last week and it's exciting to imagine the small blue treasure of a dragonfly touring all these places for the next two years. I ...

February 2012: the start of a brand new year

How does it happen that  February can feel like the beginning of the year, when the year is already a month old?January is one of my favourite months. It’s a time where the town sits quietly resting after the bunrush of the Christmas season. Itâ...

New Zealand teaching in January 2012

Well, January is looking interesting ! I'm off to New Zealand to be the international guest artist at the Inverlochy Art School Summer School. I'll be teaching printmaking there from9-13 January - new class called Now add Colour which has been develo...

dragonfly etching selected for British exhibition

The etching moondreamer, from the dragonfly diaries suite. has been selected to be part of the 8th British International Mini Print Exhibition. There were 1100 entries from over 30 countries, with just 200 selected! I saw this exhibition in 2007 when...

a thankyou note from the 21st party

It's been a few weeks now. Looking back from the humid beginnings of a north coast summer, my time at The Rocks and Sydney's cool sparkly weather seem a hundred years ago. Before I move onto the next episode in the rollercoaster that is my career (...

"small milestones" exhibition 75 George St The Rocks October 2011

I can't even begin to describe how HUGE that two weeks was. It was the best exhibition yet: the space was amazing, the position was stunning (163 steps from the water at Circular Quay) the people friendly, the support astonishing. I've got home to Li...

artist in residence award

Well it's official. I'm going to Sydney. Courtesy of the Lismore Art in the Heart project I've been awarded a residency with the Sydney Harbour Foreshore's The Rocks Pop-Up Project. There are 5 artists going down and we have a gallery space for two w...