Bold, abstract Picasso painting with a lilac female figure lying nude, with a plate of fruit, green plant and statue head against blue curtains.

Fine art and jewellery copywriter for Christie’s auction house

During Christie’s fast-paced auction season, I worked as a fine art and jewellery copywriter covering a treasure trove of rare paintings, sculpture, high jewellery, antiques and designer pieces – all unearthed from some of the world’s most fascinating private collections.

Every week brought something new and unexpected. The world’s largest Fancy Vivid blue-green diamond. Personal guitars from an ‘80s rock legend. A Blake watercolour filed away in a second-hand bookshop in Glasgow after being lost for 165 years.

I wrote across everything from gallery signage to emails about upcoming exhibitions and informative carousel text and Instagram captions.

PROJECTS

- Online content
- Emails and invitations
- Gallery signage
- Social captions and carousel copy
- Sale naming
- Proofreading and editing

Carousel slide 1 about Angelica Kauffman featuring one of her Neoclassical paintings titled 'Diana before the hunt'
Painted portrait of Angelica Kauffman in the 18th century, with brown, swept-back hair and brown eyes.
Angelica Kauffman's Neoclassical painting of a woman with blonde hair wearing a draping red robe, clutching an arrow.
Neoclassical painting of a woman wearing a white dress, sat down, gazing ahead with a pensive expression and her hands intertwined.
Portrait of a woman with her red tousled hair up, wearing a draping white robe revealing her breasts.
Neoclassical painting of two women: one stood up in a yellow dress, gazing at the other who's sat down looking ahead, wearing a red dress.
Painting of a woman in a white dress peacefully asleep, as a man in red robes gazes at her and rests his hand on her shoulder.
'Diana before the hunt' by Angelica Kauffman in a traditional gold frame.
A copper etching of a 17th-century Neoclassical painting.
A 17th-century Baroque oil sketch of a queen in a flowing white dress being helped off her horse by a man wearing a red cape.
A dynamic oil sketch of a storm with rain and galloping horses with people riding them.
A close up of Sir Peter Paul Rubens' tender oil sketch of a queen being helped off her horse by a man.
This Baroque oil sketch by Rubens shows a romantic scene of a queen being helped off her horse by a man, as they gaze in each other's eyes.
A detail snippet of Queen Dido's face from the side with energetic brush marks to show her tousled blonde hair swept up, and flowing white robe.
A rich, jewel-toned copy in oil paint of Rubens' original Baroque oil sketch.
A close-up of a 17th-century oil sketch, showing a soft, tender moment between the image's two main subjects.
A brown, minimalist-style huanghuali chair from 17th-18th-century China. It's made from amber-toned wood with wavy lines and sleek edges.
Vintage black and white photo of David Hockney wearing round glasses and a baker-boy cap and a suit while reclining in a chair, reading a newspaper.
A close-up of a large, sparkling green-blue diamond surrounded by smaller white diamonds. Light reflects against it to make the precious stones dazzle.
Two modernised editions of the Hermes Birkin bag. One is brown croc-leather patterned with boutique windows. The other is cream croc with a feather-embellished panel.
A black Hermes Birkin bag in grained-leather with a silver padlock and key.
A caged Chanel clutch bag in gunmetal with a CC-logo clasp and two birds on the top in diamante. It's finished with a chain strap.
Modern Hermes Birkin handbag in burgundy and brown croc and grainy leather with orange and beige trims to resemble storefront windows.
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