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Christine Betts is a Gold Coast based artist, mother and wife. Mostly self taught, Christine is an emerging artist with interests and subject matter ranging from Travel, Architecture and Tourism. Influenced by the work of Edward Hopper and Jeffrey Smart, she is fascinated by light and shadow. 
See my work Two Hands/One Heart in this online exhibition. Thanks to Sarah Bentvelzen for choosing my work for this exhibition.
ChristineBetts hosts Cityscapes and City Skylines ~ ALL THINGS "CITY" and The Gold Coast and is a member of ! ♥♥All About Hearts♥♥ !, ! ♦♣♠♥Ȃll Things Black ♥♠♣♦ !, Complex Simplicity of Art, EUROPA, ! 100% !, ! Creative Writing & Poetry !, "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 3 works total, "Tone It Down"! (3/day - No [EXPLETIVE] color allowed!), **FOCUS and LIGHTING**, **Gorgeous Flower Cards**, **PEACE, LOVE & TRANQUILITY**, **SPIRIT & PSYCHIC PEACE Group**, *A Beautiful Blur, *ONE SINGLE FLOWER On Show*.. 2 Photo's per day, A Fascinating Purple (75% Purple), A Place To Call Home, Abstract Art, Abstract Realism, Acrylic Painting, All About Boating, All About Flowers, All New Improved Seascapes [only upload one per day], All That is Nature (Photography Only / 4 per 24 hrs), All the Colors of the Rainbow, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Alternative Christmas Images, Amateur Photographers' Association, aqua, lime or indigo, Architectural Photography, Architecture and cityscapes, Art and Stories Made For Children, Art At Its Best!! - No photography, Art Inspired by Dreams, Artistic Libation ~ Spirits In Art, As Is, Aussie Bush Paintings, Australia's Great Coastline, Australian Bush Scenery☼ (aspects of realistic Landscape views Thank you!), Australian Contemporary Photography, Australian Landmarks and Icons, Australian Travel Photography and Writing - 1 per 24hrs, AW Welcome Center, Back In Black ( sorry~NO PHOTOGRAPHY), Beach Art, Beige is death!, Black and White Photography, Both Sides Now - (CLOUDS ONLY), Brissie! It's short for Brisbane, Buddha, Capital cities of the World , Cards for Everyday (With words or Collage style) , Cards For Sale (Must have writing on them), Cards: Best of Your Best, Cars, Motorbikes and Motorsports, Castle Magic, Challenge Café, Color Me a Rainbow (GREEN must include human or animal), Colors of Water, Come Fly With Me!! (no birds, bugs or planes), Contemporary Architecture, Contemporary Professional Painters and Sculptors, Creative Spirits of Queensland , Creative, Talented, and Unknown , Dawn and Dusk Light [No Sun], Dimensions, Dirty Filthy Art: Charcoal, Ebony and Ivory, European Everyday Life (add the place!), Exotic Thailand , Faded Seaside Glamour, Fantastic Primitive Art '2 pics/24 hours' No photos, nudes, 'Dark Art', or cartoons., Fine Arts, First Things, For the Love of Cats , 1 image a day , Freedom to Shine, French Architecture , Friends of RedBubble, Full Frontal Facades, Gateways, Giraffes- the long and tall of it!, Going Coastal (2 art per day), Green!, Hand drawn or painted vehicles, Hand painted or drawn Buildings and architecture, Hands, Images & Ideas, Imaginative Realism, Impressionism Café, Impressionist Art, In the Pink 50% pink, in-between, Japanfluence, Landscape Painting, Layered with Texture, Life Session Expressions, Light and Reflection 1/24, Live and Let Live ( 3 per day), Live, Love, Dream: , LMAO ART - Your funniest work, Lost in Space [75% Negative Space], Maps Maps Maps, Masterpiece: Art, Masterpiece: Photography, Moms 4 Art, Mood & Ambi(e)nce - Strictly Photos / ( No need to enter images in the group for the challenges), Moody and Evocative (no nudes), Nature's Wonders, Nautical, New South Wales Photography, Nirvana (Only 1 photographic art and 1 written work will be accepted per day ), Oil Painting, Out of the Blue (75%+ Blue), Outsiders, Painters In Modern Times - TWO PER DAY, Paris, Peace Love & Happiness Hippies, Pencil Drawing (2 per 24 hrs), Personal Meaning Photography, Photo-Zen - 100 pages, Photographic France, Queensland, Realist Paintings About Water, Realist Traditional Art, RedBubble Nude, Reflections in Building Windows 2 per day, Reflectivity, Room With A View, SEA, Seachanges, SEAGULLS, Shameless Self-Promotion, Shapes & Patterns - Limit of 2 images per day, Shifting Sands, Solo Exhibition, Spiritual Art, Stillness Speaks **Max 2 uploads per day** {{No NUDES, ABSTRACT, CANDIDS or ACTION IMAGES}}, Streetscapes, Sunrise, Sunset, That One Great Shot, The Addicted Photographer►2 Per Day◄, The Artistic Nude, The Eyes Have It, The Greatest View in the World, The Healing Journey, The Other Side of Italy, THE SISTERHOOD, The true beauty, The Urban Environment, The Woman Photographer **7 Submissions a week only please**, This is England, Travel and Adventure, Trees - 1 image per day with trees as the focal point, Tropical Art, UK to Australia and Back, Ultimate Reflection, Unique Buildings Of The World, Untouched - Theme Macro Flowers - Also See Challenge., Valentines and Hearts, Water Media (Paintings by hand only), Waves, Who Needs Color For Beauty? - Black & White Art At Its Best, Windows and Doors, Woman Appreciation, Your Magic Place (PLACES only!!) and ~Globes, Spheres and Curves - 2 per day~.
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I seemed to step into a sunken garden that was bright yet cool and full of lush plants. It had a central fountain, and a stone gateway that quite literally was covered by a silvery silken veil!
I fell in love with Paris a long time ago. (The city, I mean, not the girl in the magazines who forgets to wear knickers sometimes).
Little One wants to be Big, but she might just learn to be happy with little after all!
In 1939, you knew what was going to kill you, now it was anyone’s guess.
mother and son campervan trip down the beautiful coast of NSW!
signing my name like I’m falling in love / practising my signature over and over again / to get it perfect like I’ve fallen in love with a boy and I want to marry him / but it’…