Christina Loraine, Artist/Writer

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Christina Loraine, Artist/Writer

acrylic & oil paintings * tiny drawings *
one published book * one produced play * one messy studio

05/17/2026

Brought my sketchbook to Brian's set in Momence yesterday

04/03/2026

My son added the hearts on this painting of his girlfriend's cat, Oliver ❤️ A fun acrylic on canvas portrait for her birthday 🥳

Interested in a custom animal portrait painting? I'm reopening my commission calendar!!! Please feel free to send me a message for details + pricing.

I am being selective about which commissions I'll accept. The reference photo is the deciding factor. Before agreeing to paint your animal, I'll ask that you have a photo that has (1) a good angle. Please take the photo at the animal's eye level. It doesn't have to have them looking directly at the camera, because I do enjoy other angles as well, but it can't be taken from a standing position looking down at the animal on the ground. (2) good lighting. I'd like to see some shadow and some highlights, so no overly bright or overly dark photos, please. (3) the eyes need to be in focus 😍

💫If you've reached out while my books were closed, I haven't forgotten; I'll be in touch within a few days to see if you're still interested.

I greatly appreciate you thinking of me for your animal portraits! I've been on an adventure with landscape painting and tiny drawing for a long while, and now I feel called back to my love of painting animals.

I look forward to looking into your animal's eyes and putting their energy on canvas for you! 🥰

01/25/2026

It was a little too cold today, so this was painted indoors. Gouache is a newer medium for me, and I'm enjoying experimenting with it in my sketchbook. (This is Chloe, the long-haired chihuahua)

12/30/2025

It's been a fun year of art and adventures!
🎉 44 pieces painted outside
🎊 2 plein air painting competitions
💖️ sooo much art created for my public library community
🚲 lots of hiking and bicycling with a backpack full of art gear
🏕 3 camping trips to paint, 2 were solo
✨️ 1 unforgettable encounter with a river otter while painting, and I caught 1 bat that was released back into the wild

Thanks for sticking with me. Happy New Year, everyone! 💕

12/25/2025

Highlights from the past 2 days of hiking, painting, and birding at the Kankakee River State Park.
*watercolor & pen in my sketchbook, en plein air
*Downy Woodpeckers, a belted Kingfisher, and a young hunter who precariously walked across a semi-frozen channel to an island. That particular island is a non-hunting zone, according to what I found on the state's hunting maps, so I hope he was just passing through.
*I love the outcroppings of limestone rock along the Kankakee River

🎄Wishing you lots of merriment these last few, magical days of the year

12/01/2025

Today's hike took me to this snowy spot. I pulled my stool out, thinking I'd paint a view of the stream, but I noticed the little limestone cave when I sat down, and couldn't look back.
(watercolor & pen)

11/14/2025

I had 15 minutes between sessions today, and couldn't resist a tiny doodle. This was the view from the library conference in St. Louis.

Another conference-goer said she was in the hotel elevator with an older gentleman who asked, "Is there a conference of nice ladies here?" 😆 Library people are the best 💕

11/12/2025

I'm in St. Louis for a library conference, drawing random people at the hotel bar 😆

11/03/2025

Made some time to visit my favorite little cave yesterday (11x14" acrylic on canvas)

10/12/2025

a mini oil painting from today's bicycling adventure

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St. Louis, MO
63134

Website

http://www.christinaloraine.com/

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