Christine Reichow…Watercolor Wonder Capturing Nature’s Majesty!

Award-winning, watercolor landscape artist Christine Reichow’s unique style of simplicity balanced with a keen eye for detail delights the senses and produces an elegant effect in her exquisite collection of tropical birds, flowers, dragonflies, butterflies and all things nature.

Whether creating an intricate orchid, majestic eagle or fluid water garden, Christine strives to stir emotion within the observer, ultimately transporting the viewer into the scene to have an experiential relationship with the particular subject matter.  Her hand-painted watercolor process puts her into an altered state of consciousness that is meditative but exciting, mysterious as well as satisfying and always pleasurable beyond imagination.

Christine’s artistic journey is rooted in childhood as her mother was a successful oil painter, who encouraged Christine to paint and draw as a toddler.  She was the designated class artist in school and as a young adult, she became a weaver, spinner and dyeing expert along with silk painter and wearable art seamstress.  In 1998, she began taking art classes in oil painting, pastel, colored pencil and watercolor.  Watercolor quickly became her medium of choice due to its difficulty, and Christine was determined to master it. 

Simultaneously, Christine’s father encouraged and cultivated a deep affinity and love for nature.  Their numerous wildlife walks, which included the names of each plant, flower and animal, gave Christine an environmental education that was well beyond anything she could receive