Christine Andrews - Mixed Media Artist

Christine Andrews is a contemporary landscape artist who draws inspiration from her deep connection to New Hampshire’s forests and natural areas. After initially pursuing art in college, Christine’s curiosity led her to earn a biology degree. Her fieldwork, which included tracking mammals and studying forest ecosystems, continues to inform her artistic practice.

For over a decade, Christine balanced her role as an educator in the biological sciences with her passion for art. Recently she decided to focus fully on her art career, combing her love of nature, education and creativity. She resides in Deering, NH, with her husband, John, and their two dogs, spending her days exploring the outdoors, creating art and designing educational experiences that highlight the intersection of art and ecology.

Christine’s work has been featured in juried art fairs and exhibitions across New Hampshire. She is a juried member of the New Hampshire Art Association, exhibiting in the NHAA tent at the annual League of New Hampshire Craftsmen’s Fair, and is an active exhibitor with Center for the Arts events in New London. Through her art, Christine seeks to inspire a sense of peace and connection to the natural world, fostering appreciation and stewardship of the forests and ecosystems she cherishes.

Artist Statement

My inspiration comes directly from my time on the trail and in natural areas. These outdoor experiences are restorative, grounding, and full of discovery. They are also the moments when I feel most connected to myself
and my place within the natural world.

I regularly sketch on-site with ink pen and watercolor and take photographs to capture the fleeting details, rhythms, and energy of the landscape. That sense of immediacy—of observing while fully immersed in place—is what I strive to carry into my finished work. My intention is to create a ‘captured moment’ that honors the resilience, beauty, and distinct
character of New England’s natural environments. By combining maps with
expressive ink work, I aim to convey both the physical geography of a place and the emotional experience of being there.

Among other artists, I am influenced by the Canadian Group of Seven, whose work seems to express how they felt about the grand Canadian landscapes with bold color masses and a stylized representation of landscape elements. I also seek to capture the energy I feel by using vibrantly colored, transparent India inks layered and mixed directly on the collaged map surface. This allows the maps to remain visible, providing a constant connection to place while I create. To complete the work, I may add fine details with that capture the energy and immediacy of my on-site sketches. It is my hope that viewers feel the energy of the landscape and find their own story in my work.

  • Community Engagement

    • Exploring NH Forests: Drawing to Discover - 4 cr. course @ University of New Hampshire, Manchester
    • Lake Sunapee/Kearsarge Region Center for the Arts artist member
    • New Hampshire Art Association juried member
    • 2022 Scholastic Art Awards - NH Juror
    • Guest Artist, Loudon Elementary School

  • Shows & Exhibits

    2025

    2024

    • Gallery of Gifts @ The Library Arts Center - Juried group show, New London
    • League of New Hampshire Craftsman's Fair NHAA tent, Sunapee NH
    • Arts in the Harbor - Art fair, Sunapee Harbor, Sunapee, NH
    • Naturally New England Art Show - Juried group exhibition, The Livery, Sunapee, NH
    • Art Walk in the Park - Art Fair, Peterborough, NH
    • Exploring the Landscape - Solo exhibit , Manchester City Hall, NH
    • All Hearts Statuses - Juried group exhibition, Mosaic Art Collective, Manchester, NH

    2023

    • Pop-Up Art Gallery - Juried art fair, Searles School, Windham, NH
    • Ebb and Flow - 3-artist group show, Healing Arts Gallery, Monadnock Community Hospital, Peterborough, NH
    • League of New Hampshire Craftsman's Fair , NHAA tent- Sunapee NH
    • Uncommon Art on the Common - Art fair, Goffstown, NH
    • Naturally New England Art Show - Juried group exhibition, The Livery, Sunapee, NH
    • Art Walk in the Park - Art Fair, Peterborough, NH
    • The Art of Rhythm - Solo exhibition, Riverwoods Gallery, Manchester, NH
    • A Silent Dialogue with Nature - Group exhibition, Main Floor Gallery, John Hay Estate at the Fells, Sunapee, NH

    2022

    • NHAA Holiday Art Fair - Labelle Winery, Derry NH
    • League of New Hampshire Craftsman's Fair, NHAA tent- Sunapee NH
    • Uncommon Art on the Common Art Fair - Goffstown NH
    • The Utah Trip - Solo exhibition, Riverwoods Gallery, Manchester NH

    2021

    • First Night @ Depot Square Holiday Pop Up Art Fair - Peterborough, NH
    • Uncommon Art on the Common Art Fair - Goffstown NH
    • Words Matter - Body of work group show - NHAA Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth NH

    2020

    • Winter Solstice - Group Exhibit - The Gallery at Depot Square, Portsmouth NH
    • Close to Home - Body of work group show - NHAA Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth NH
    • Perfect Pairings - Group exhibition - NHAA Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth NH
    • NHAA New Member Exhibit - NHAA Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth NH

  • Education

    Nature Journaling Educator Certificate, Wild Wonder Foundation, (expected spring 2026)

    M.Ed. Adult Education & Curriculum Development, Plymouth State University, 2014

    B.S. Biology: Ecology & Evolution, University of New Hampshire, 2004