About Christine
Christine Brallier has been creating art since childhood and hasn’t stopped! She grew up in Los Angeles studying art and music through high school. Then after years as a preschool teacher, she received her M.A. in psychology, focusing on children and art therapy. In 2005, she fell in love with the art of mosaics and started her business, Christine Brallier Mosaics. Currently she spends her time drawing, painting and embroidering. Her award-winning art has been published in several books and her mosaics have been installed in public spaces in California, Texas, Michigan, Kentucky, and Australia Zoo. Her children’s book, The Night Before Christmas, is illustrated with stained glass mosaics and was published in 2013.
More about Christine:
Cat Lady Confidential - January 2017
Writing and Illustrating - January 2015
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast - December 2014
Santa Barbara News-Press - December 2013
Noozhawk - March 2012
Santa Ynez Valley Journal - July 2009
Professional Affiliations
Society of American Mosaic Artists
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Publications
Glass Patterns Quarterly Magazine, "It's Cold Out!" Mosaic pattern and tutorial, 2016
Mosaico na Rede Magazine, Brazil, 2015
Guide to Mosaic Techniques, Bonnie Fitzgerald, Trafalgar Square, London, 2015
The Night Before Christmas, Clement C. Moore & Christine Brallier, Brownian Bee Press, 2013
Mosaic Fine Art Portraits, Irit Levy & Pam Givens, Mosaic Fine Art Books, 2010
Mosaico na Rede Magazine, Brazil, 2010
Breakout! Your Pathway to Success, Brit Hammer-Dijcks, 2010
Mosaic Renaissance, Laurel Skye, North Light Books, 2009
The Mosaic Artist’s Bible of Techniques, Teresa Mills, Quarto Publishing, 2009
Awards
People’s Choice Award for Beautiful Anyway, 2010
Juror's Choice Award for Fiesta, 2008
William T. Colville Foundation Grant, 2007
Education
2009-2016 Society of American Mosaic Artists annual conference
2014 Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators annual conference
2003 Licensed Massage Therapist, Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute
1996 M.A. Psychology, Antioch University
