Cristina is a full time artist and owner of Black Gallery in Daylesford.

Cristina's artistic career began by studying painting and printmaking at Melbourne University.

Cristina’s style relies on speedy and abbreviated line drawing which gives familiarity to forms which are essentially abstract in composition. Her brushwork is broad, fluid and energetic while her use of colour can be described as sensitive yet brave. Her joy in contrasting bright colour with matt, flat and lean paint is characteristic of her contemporary style.

Cristina is currently working on painting, mixed media and printmaking projects and has recently embarked on ceramics having installed a large kiln in her studio. After living in Melbourne for two-thirds of her life, Cristina moved to Daylesford where she built a home complete with a large printmaking studio.

In 2019, Cristina opened a small gallery; Black Gallery Daylesford to showcase her work and conduct printmaking workshops. This has now grown up by a storey and is a purpose built space for exhibitions and life drawing classes.

Her work has been exhibited in Melbourne CBD, Daylesford, Richmond, South Yarra and Brunswick gallery spaces.

Snapped at work in the Black Gallery Studio

Sculpture: Upwardly Mobile

Assessing the results after printing

Cristina opened black gallery in Daylesford December 2019

A storey was added above the studio in 2021 to provide a dedicated exhibition space.