| Chris Carter - Artist - Figurative Art and Orbs |
Many years ago I traveled by bicycle with my paintbox firmly secured above the rear tire. I
painted everywhere, leaning my canvas against a fire hydrant at a bus stop, between the
bowls and cookie tins in a friend's kitchen, beside the ferris wheel along the boardwalk.
Summer, spring, winter, fall .... I painted my life and the people around me.
My life changed. I became strictly a studio painter until 2004 when I began painting
musicians and dancers in the local pubs. My desire to capture life as it was happening
returned. I started painting at yoga classes and belly dance classes. I painted in dance
studios and at performances. Now I am returning to the streets and the people who pass by.
I feel a bit rusty but extremely happy.
I will continue my studio painting with better balance in my life.
I paint primarily in watercolor and oil. My other mediums are gouache, acrylic, ink, pencil
and mixed media. Diversity allows me to expand my graphic vocabulary and to explore new
depths of visual expression in both paintings and drawings. My studio work is generally
large, consisting of many layers of transparent paint and spontaneous marks that suggest
and transform into figures and orbs. Most recently I have begun to explore a technique of
the old masters with a few variations. I am painting underpaintings followed by layers of
glazes, pushing color to its extreme. This is the technique I am using for the series Between
Here and There to be featured in the upcoming solo exhibit Unveiled - The Anatomy of a
Painting. To see updates on the progress of these paintings, visit my blog Before The
Curtain Falls.
painted everywhere, leaning my canvas against a fire hydrant at a bus stop, between the
bowls and cookie tins in a friend's kitchen, beside the ferris wheel along the boardwalk.
Summer, spring, winter, fall .... I painted my life and the people around me.
My life changed. I became strictly a studio painter until 2004 when I began painting
musicians and dancers in the local pubs. My desire to capture life as it was happening
returned. I started painting at yoga classes and belly dance classes. I painted in dance
studios and at performances. Now I am returning to the streets and the people who pass by.
I feel a bit rusty but extremely happy.
I will continue my studio painting with better balance in my life.
I paint primarily in watercolor and oil. My other mediums are gouache, acrylic, ink, pencil
and mixed media. Diversity allows me to expand my graphic vocabulary and to explore new
depths of visual expression in both paintings and drawings. My studio work is generally
large, consisting of many layers of transparent paint and spontaneous marks that suggest
and transform into figures and orbs. Most recently I have begun to explore a technique of
the old masters with a few variations. I am painting underpaintings followed by layers of
glazes, pushing color to its extreme. This is the technique I am using for the series Between
Here and There to be featured in the upcoming solo exhibit Unveiled - The Anatomy of a
Painting. To see updates on the progress of these paintings, visit my blog Before The
Curtain Falls.
