At the age of 12, Christiane went to the Academy of Art in Schoten (Belgium). Artist Herman Cornelis trained her skills in drawing and modelling. At age 17 she went in Antwerpen to the Municipal Institute of Decorative Arts and Crafts where she focused on decor, publicity and nature drwaings. After that, it was time for  the Royal Academy in Antwerp. There she studied figure drawing, oil painting and restoration techniques.

She married in 1986 and moved to the city of Cologne (Germany) for six years, where she had two years continuous exhibitions in the well-known ' Gallerie des beaux arts '. Some work went abroad including Egypt and UK. Back in Belgium, many years followed with commissioned work including numerous reproductions. That explains her extreme skills nowadays, where she creates right from the heart.

Having those ectreme skills and talent, still with each creation she realizes that the real learning process is only beginning, with new aspects revealing in every painting. Her paintings do not wear messages or political statements but just make you dream.