Christine Belford Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Christine Belford
Early Life and a Haunting Connection Christine Belford, born Christine Riley around 1948 or 1949 in Amityville, Long Island, New York, carries within her biography an unusual resonance—a childhood spent within the walls of a house that would become synonymous with terror. The daughter of Joseph J. Riley, a successful sales executive, and Mary Belford Riley (later Malone), her early life was one of relative privilege, marked by equestri
an pursuits and enrollment in prestigious schools. However, from ages eleven to sixteen, the family resided at 112 Ocean Avenue, the infamous location later immortalized as the setting for *The Amityville Horror*. This formative experience, though not directly influencing her artistic path initially, casts a long shadow over her personal narrative, a subtle undercurrent of mystery and intrigue that often accompanies discussions of her…