Christine Simoneau Hales has a BFA in Painting from the Massachusetts College of Art, an MS in Art Therapy from the College of New Rochelle with post graduate theological studies. Christine is a well loved and popular Iconography instructor who teaches in seminaries, monasteries, universities and online. Christine is the founder of The American Association of Iconographers www.americanassociationoficonographers.com and writes a monthly blog to share the joy of icon writing with others outside of her community. In addition to creating large Byzantine Icon panels for several churches, she has also completed many portable Icons for private collections.