Christine Applewhite, also know to her friends as Tini, is a native of Carroll County, Maryland. She moved to St. Augustine, Florida, to pursue the life of an artist in 2002.

Christine graduated with a Fine Art degree from Flagler College in 2004. She now lives with her husband, Doug Applewhite Jr., daughter Isabella, and son Sullivan in Indian Shores, Florida.

She has been painting murals for 13 years and has work featured throughout the state of Florida.  Along with painting residential and business murals in 2011 Christine teamed up with the The Starlight Project, a non-profit organization that creates and builds dream rooms for children with special needs.