Christine Rear in the studio

The artist

Christine Rear

I work in layers — light, memory, and the quiet edge where land meets sky. Each painting carries a place, a season, and the time it took to find the right silence on the surface.

Christine Rear

Biography

Why narrative matters

Christine Rear is a painter based in Suffolk. Her work moves between oil on linen and mixed media on paper, rooted in coastal light, gardens, and the emotional weather of a day.

She exhibits regionally and sells originals and limited archival prints from her studio. Process matters as much as image: glazes, scrapes, and return visits until the piece tells the truth of the memory behind it.

Studio life

Follow new work, exhibition previews, and process on Instagram — the same rhythm of making that feeds the paintings you see here.

@cjrear on Instagram

Commissions

Christine accepts a small number of commissions each year. If a piece speaks to you — or you are looking for something made for a particular place — begin with a conversation.

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