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So sorry not to have posted for so long, but I had a terrible accident. I fell and broke my knee cap and is impossible to drive for a while - hence no photos. I wil be back in about 6 weeks time. In the meanwhile, let me take the opportunity to thank all my contacts for their support and kind comments on the site,. Have a Very Happy New Year and I wish you a lot of health, peace of mind and hope you acheive what you wanrt in life. Until later on, take care.

I just keep dreaming of the place where I was so happy and so had to paint this one. Hope you like it!

A BIG THANK you all my friends and contacts on Ipernity for all your visits on my site. You all have given me so much pleasure during the last 4 or is it 5 years! I have made so many friends, some of which left and others that are loyal to me! I appreciate this very much, so thank you again! I'm looking forward to more contact with you.

I need a bit of a rest, so will have a break. Hope to be back soon.

I went out into town this afternoon to try my hand at this skill! It was not easy at all in the beginning, but I think I have got the hang of it. I am trying to learn other skills to improve my photography.

Menton, famous for it's lemon festival is crowded at present. It was a pleasure to take photos, but the chances of getting good photos is not easy! I was pushed around, with people always getting in my way, but then that's the fun of it all - to try and get good photos in spite of that! There will be more coming from time to time.

This is a pastel and hence very difficult technically to do! I spent hours on it, to give the world the right impression of who I am! I look a lot younger of course, as I have deleted the wrinkles. One can do that in art. One can't in a photograph! I hope you like it. As usual, your critics are very welcome!

Christine Valin pro says: Why do we take photographs? Everyone for a different reason. Is it a passion? Or do you have the bug? Or have we made a choice not to live the instance, but to report it, so that we can relive the moment. I am obsessed with image, whether it is in painting or photography. What is your reason of taking photographs? Posted 4 minutes ago. ( permalink / reply / edit / delete )

Due to guests at home, I will be less active this coming week and absent for the following three weeks. Hopefully I will bring back some interesting pics from my holiday!

This was a competition on the gardens of Menton. I entered these five which were taken at the garden of "Val Rahmeh". The photo "round the centre" was chosen to be exhibited. So if you are in Menton why not take a look at it! Of course I was thrilled! The format was a little smaller than A3.

This was 6 months of very hard work to do a portrait of my son. I learnt a lot through doing it and hope to carry on working in this way. The challenge was extroadinary!

This is an exhibition organised by Webism, an international painting site. The theme is a very interesting one and I am personally concerned by it, as my twin sister Liz Steiger is totally blind. She used to paint for many years, and even paints now, although she is blind. If you are intersted in seeing her works she is on Ipernity under Baslerbebbi. The first album are drawings of the carnival in Basel, Switzerland and when she did these she saw with one eye. The second album is what she painte…

I will be away till next Tuesday, so won't be active on the site, but will bring back photographs of a wedding! Have a nice weekend.

This is my latest work. Hope you like it.

Les 4 saisons. Pendant toute la carrière artistique de Christine, ses tableaux ont représenté ce qu’elle aimait le plus : la beauté, beauté des fleurs, des paysages ….. Elle a également réalisé de nombreux portraits qui ne sont terminés que lorsque ils expriment totalement la personnalité du sujet. Quatre tableaux, cependant, sont nés de son imagination : Printemps, Eté, Automne et Hiver et qui en fait représentent les « saisons » de la vie de Christine. Printemps : Cette…

I will be exhibiting one of my photos for the first time ever in the Netherlands with 43 other photographers from all over the world. They will be exhibited all September and October in a museum in Harderwijk. If anyone can visit it, please do, as it is a great collection of photographs. I will put up the one I selected for it, so that you have an idea! Must say I'm thrilled with the idea and will try to visit myself at the end of October. The opening is on the 30th of August and seven photograp…