Christina McLachlan (b. 1989) is an acrylic painter living in Bellingham, Washington. She was born in Finland while her mother was stationed in Moscow, a US Foreign Service Officer during the Soviet Union’s last years. Christina spent her childhood between the US and various countries overseas, including Kyrgyzstan and Australia. In every new place, nature became a common thread and guide to the world around her.

Christina received her BFA in Painting & Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012. She continued to live in Richmond, Virginia for over a decade, and spent free time exploring the James River with friends, drawing in her sketchbook and becoming immersed in the local art and music scenes. By example of her Richmond community, she came to know art as a device for hope, healing and mutual aid.

Moving to the Pacific Northwest in 2020, she’s since continued her art practice in her home studio, often painting figures entranced by spaces in nature. Christina loves animals and has been happily painting pet portraits since 2019.

McLachlan’s work has exhibited at multiple venues, including Gallery 5, Studio Two Three, and The Gallery at Main St. Station, in Richmond, VA; the 2018 and 2024 Radical Mycology Convergence in Mulino, OR; Dakota Gallery and Makeshift Artspace in Bellingham, WA; Ghost Gallery and Magnuson Park Gallery in Seattle, WA, and The Confluence in Twisp, WA.