CHRISTINE SEIFERT

(front cover)‘Three Men and a Dog’

Oil on board16" x 12" Signed

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Tuesday 11th October 2011 6.00 – 8.00pm

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CHRISTINE SEIFERT was born 1954 in Bamberg, Germany. When she was only two years old,the family immigrated to Tanzania to work on a coffee plantation on the slopes of Mt.

Kilimanjaro. She was sent to boarding school in Nairobi, Kenya. This privileged life came to anabrupt end when, in 1973 coffee farms in the Moshi /Arusha area were nationalised. The familyhad no choice, but to leave the country and returned to Germany.

After this, Christine spent many years in different European countries, as well as three years inSouth Africa. She started painting and with time it became the centre of her life. In 2002 Christinereturned to Tanzania on a safari and the overwhelming experience triggered off her ‘Savannahs’.Every year she spends some time in Eastern Africa. 2008 she returned, together with her husband,Chris von Zastrow, to Kigali in Rwanda. Since June 2011 they have been transferred to Lausannein Switzerland where Christine will continue with her work and travels to East Africa.

Christine’s unique technique of using watercolour and ink on paper laid on canvas, evolved from her desire to keep the free,sketch-like expressions, even on a larger scale.

2009 ‘Zanzibar Sketchbook’ was published by Gallery Publications, Zanzibar, Tanzania2011 Participation in the East African Art Biennale in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

The diverse works of Christine Seifert are exhibited in Galleries in Europe and East Africa and have collectors aroundthe world.

PHOTOGRAPHSTHE URGE TO POUR COLOUR, COULOUR THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE

I TOSSED METRES OF BRIGHT INDIAN SILK INTO THE AIRTHE WIND, MY UNRAVELLING PAINT BRUSH

MY CAMERA TO CAPTURE THE SPLIT SECONDS

‘Two Kudis’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas49" x 39"

‘Camels to Market’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas53" x 76"

‘Leopard in aTree’

Watercolour and ink on paper laid onto canvas51" x 37"

‘Oryx’ (Triptych)

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas53" x 70"

‘Sitting Maasai’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas33" x 35"

‘Two Saddle-Bill Stalks’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas37" x 35"

‘Four Maasai Resting’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas51" x 70"

‘Resting Maasai’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas51" x 24"

‘Thomson Gazelles’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas35" x 33"

‘Serengeti Migration’ (Triptych)

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas33" x 106"

‘Ethiopian Gallop’ (Triptych)

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas78" x 881/2"

‘Three Zebras at aWatering Hole’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas39" x 51" Signed

‘Mother and Baby Giraffe’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas53" x 37"

‘Ostrich’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas39" x 251/2" Signed

‘The Brothers’Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas

39" x 51"

‘HippoWatching’

Watercolour on paper laid onto canvas33" x 35"

‘Rendille’

Watercolour and ink collage on paper47" x 26"

‘Cheetah’

Watercolour and ink collage on paper26" x 38"

(inside back cover)‘Silk Paint Brush’

Photograph15" x 15" Limited Edition 7

(above)‘Reclining Silk Savanna’

Photograph15" x 15" Limited Edition 7

(back cover)‘Guinea Fowl’ (Triptych)

Standing Screen??" x ??"

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