Christine's Story

A Return to Creativity

After more than fifteen years away from painting, I picked up a brush again during a particularly rough patch. What started as a way to navigate uncertainty became a daily practice and something I simply couldn't put down.

My work sits somewhere between structure and instinct. I think spending my days in the precision of law and my evenings in paint has deeply shaped my art—drawing me to layered surfaces, earthy palettes, and compositions that hover between chaos and quiet.

"Painting gave me back a sense of stillness I didn't know I'd lost."

— Christine Harb

What Lies Beneath

Heritage & Process

My Lebanese heritage and the Australian landscape both find their way into my work—desert warmth, mineral depth, and the rhythm of organic forms. I don't plan too far ahead on the canvas. Instead, I scrape back, build up, veil, and reveal until something honest emerges. Some pieces are dense, textured abstractions where colour seems to settle like sediment, while others are more gestural, carrying a sense of movement and disruption.

If there is a thread running through all of it, it is the tension between what is hidden and what is revealed. My paintings explore the way stories, histories, and identities build up over time—never quite fully visible, but always present beneath the surface.

Abstraction & Identity

Alongside the abstract work, I sometimes explore figurative impressions—a stylised silhouette, an introspective portrait, or forms that sit somewhere between abstraction and identity. These pieces carry a quieter narrative while still speaking the same textural language as everything else I make.

I'd love for you to find something in this space that resonates—whether that's a colour that stays with you, a texture you want to reach out and touch, or a feeling you can't quite name.

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