Christie Bird was born in 1970 on Tortola B.V.I. Vivid memories of this magical, tropical childhood formed her earliest influences including watching her mother paint large still lives at the kitchen table. Encouraged by her mother, she painted and drew from an early age. After Art Foundation at the School of Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, U.S.A., Christie moved to London to work as a muralist and set painter.
She now paints full time from her home near the sea in Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight.
Christie’s gesso-based still lives are easily influenced by the shingle beach and white chalk cliffs near her studio, but perhaps it is the dream-like memories of a tropical childhood that remain her most important influence
Selected Exhibitions
Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition 2010, 2016
RWS Contemporary Watercolour Exhibition 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2008, 2009, 2011,2014,2022,2023,2024,2025
Elected full member of Royal Watercolour Society 2022
Galleries
Nadia Waterfield Fine Art, Stockbridge
Island Fine Arts, Isle of Wight
Bankside Gallery (Royal Watercolour Society)
Awards
RWS Exhibitions Award 2018
RWS and David Gluck Award 2017 (Royal Watercolour Society)