Since childhood I have been noticing the wonders of the natural world and I still marvel and appreciate its complexity and beauty. I feel very much at home in the outdoors and it's that familiarity and sensitivity I try to capture in my paintings.

I strive to put people as close to the action in my paintings as I can. I focus in on a house, a mountainside or a farm yard so that the viewer is in that scene. So often we stand outside and look from afar because of our own restrictions or fences or timidity. I believe we want to be near and involved. I also think we are naturally curious and want to know what’s in the barn, what’s around the next ridge, where does the path lead. I know I am and I hope that my viewers are too.

Christine Camilleri

July, 2008