Christine McCarthy has been working as an artist for over 35 years. She is best known for her hand-coloured lino prints of Australian flora, fauna and landscapes.

Christine gained a Diploma in Fine Art Painting from the South Australian School of Art in 1976. It was while studying Printmaking at the SA School of Art with Barbara Hanrahan that her interest in printmaking began. Using the relief printing method, Christine carves her images into a piece of lino before rolling black ink over it. The lino plate is then covered with a sheet of paper and rolled through a printing press, transferring the image onto the paper like a stamp. Christine produces an edition of 20 prints from a single plate, which she paints back into with gouache, making each print an individual artwork.

Patterns of nature, particularly the line and texture of plant forms, have provided the theme for much of Christine's work, and in some cases she combines the patterns of vegetation with manmade structures in order to emphasise the decorative aspects of the environment.

Amongst her many influences are Matisse and Japanese woodblock artist, Hiroshige. For nearly 40 years Christine taught with the Ruth Tuck Art School. She was Co-Proprietor and Co-Director for 20 years before retiring in 2016. In 1985 she and her partner have been dividing their time between their home in North Adelaide and their beach house at Corny Point on the Yorke Peninsula.