Author Archives: Chris

Photographic Mixed Media Artist

Tears of Joy

April 15, 2019 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.” -Hosea Ballou

Mile Marker 577v, size 16″x 22″

Learn From The Natural World

April 8, 2019 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.” – John Lubbock

Mile Marker 675, size 16″x 22″

This Is Not a Photo

April 4, 2019 by Chris | 0 Comments

Every other year Denver is home to the Month of Photography, and this year I’m participating!

This Is Not a Photo

April 6 – May 4, 2019

Reception: Saturday April 6, 2019 6-8 pm

Curtis Center for the Arts
2349 E Orchard Rd
Greenwood Village, CO 80121

Proceeding Inward

April 2, 2019 by Chris | 0 Comments

Proceeding Inward

March 4 – April 6, 2019

Sam Hall of Fine Arts
Kansas Wesleyan University
100 E Claflin Ave
Salina, KS 67401

A while back I was contacted by Kansas Wesleyan University about mounting a show in their gallery. Fast forward to the beginning of March, and Kyle and I (with help from our friend Chris Chapin) hung 28 pieces in The Gallery in Sams Hall of Fine Arts, in an exhibit titled Proceeding Inward.

Imagine

January 21, 2019 by Chris | 0 Comments

I was lucky to spend last week in New Orleans dreaming about “What’s Next” with a talented group of fellow artists. My cup is full and I am excited about what is on the horizon. What have you imagined for 2019?

“Everything you can imagine is real.” -Pablo Picasso

Luxury in Simplicity

January 7, 2019 by Chris | 0 Comments

The days of living in the camper and cooking over the fire, an afternoon in a hammock with a book or on the sofa listening to the cat snore…the spareness of the horizon line…

“I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity” -Jil Sander

Mile Marker 545, size 16 x 22″

Midway Across Missouri

December 12, 2018 by Chris | 0 Comments

My Ghost Notes series of images are still housed with my long time partner the Sager Braudis Gallery in Columbia, MO. I couldn’t think of a more appropriate place than right in the middle of the state to debut some of the new images in the series, ones that were added to the collection as I paddled my kayak across Missouri. Continue reading »

See Into the Life of Things

August 15, 2018 by Chris | 0 Comments

“With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.”
-William Wordsworth

Mile Marker 593V, sized 34″x 22″

Taken Away At Dusk

August 8, 2018 by Chris | 0 Comments

“There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”
-Jean-Paul Sartre

Mile Marker 569, size 22″x 34″

Art is a Living River

August 1, 2018 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Art is a living river that runs through our time and will run on as long as art is created and appreciated. To purchase [an artist’s work] is to take a dipper full of the river home to constantly be refreshed with the energy of life.” -Stewart Turcotte

Mile Marker 604, sized 22″x 34″

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