Publications History

  • “Mt Morgan Sketchbook” (pen & ink drawings) published by the Mt Morgan Historical Society, 1982
  • “Rain on an Iron Roof” by Fred Roberts with pen & ink drawings by Christine Atkins 1993.
  • “50 Australian Artists” a book published by Artists Ink 1995.
  • “Give Your Pastels Greater Tonal Range by Underpainting” Australian Artist number 130, April 1995, p 14-18. This article was written and illustrated by the artist.

The following books contain photographs of Christine’s paintings:

  • “The Best of Oil Painting” Rockport Publications, 1996, Mass. USA. (pp 85, 94)
  • “The Best of Acrylic Painting” Rockport Publications, 1996, Mass. USA (page 58.)
  • “The Best of Pastels” Rockport Publications, 1996, Mass. USA (page 62.)
  • “Floral Inspirations” Rockport Publications, 1997, Mass. USA (pp 18, 64.)
  • “Portrait Inspirations” Rockport Publications, 1997, Mass. USA (p 91.)
  • “How to Paint Prizewinning Interiors in Acrylic and Oil” Australian Artist number 153, March 1997, p 34-40. Written and illustrated by the artist.
  • “Tips for Painting the Great Indoors” Australian Artist number 163, January 1998, p 42-47. An article written and illustrated by the artist.
  • “Still Life in a Strong Light” Written and illustrated by the artist in International Pastel Artist, number 1, Sept 99 p114-121.
  • “Painting a Prize Winning Pastel” Written and illustrated by the artist in Australian Artist, number 204, June 2001, p20-25.
  • International Artist, number 19, June/July 2001, contains a half page note “Queensland Pastellist of the Year” and illustration of the winning painting (p140).
  • “Master Pastel Artists of the World-Australia Showcase” in Pastel Artists International number 16, July August 2002, p 84 contains painting and an article written by the artist.
  • “Second Nature” by Justyna Lupa in Artist’s Palette no 35, p 8-11, 2006 contains 10 paintings by Christine Atkins.
  • “Quisqualis” Written and illustrated by the artist with four illustrations of her painting process in Artist’s Palette number 35 p 12-15, 2006
  • Pastel 100, “The Year’s best 100 Prizewinning Pastels” in The Pastel Journal Issue No 61, April 2009.  Christine’s painting “Farm Horses” occurs on p 68.
  • Best of Worldwide Artists Working in Charcoal, Pencil and Pastel, 2010,  Kennedy Publishing – 5251-18 John Tyler Highway # 311, Williamsburg , VA 23185,  two paintings, Country Horses, page 3 and  Old Enamelware, page 4.
  • Best of Worldwide Artists Working in Oil, 2010, Kennedy Publishing – 5251-18 John Tyler Highway # 311, Williamsburg , VA 23185, two paintings, Sunday Morning page 9 and Blue China with Cloth page 10.
  • Luminous Colour, Showcasing Australian Pastel Artists. Featuring 50 Australian Pastel Artists – Contains 5 pastel paintings by Christine. Published by Indah Creations Publications Melbourne 2014.
  • Pratique des Arts Hors-Série Pastel 2016, a four page feature article entitled “Tableaux floraux en clair-obscur”, pp50-53