I have not met the other artist, Amelia Netto, but from what I have seen on her website, she combines screen-printing and embroidery in her textiles pieces. Hers and Christopher’s work both have a similar visual quality because of the processes of layering and should show very nicely together.

Here a an except of a biography I wrote for Chris’ book of recent artwork which can be downloaded from Lulu:

Chris’ artistic experiences have culminated in a series of encaustic pieces incorporating psuedo-medical science, digital imagery, organic shapes and textures, and natural and man-made materials melted within layers of wax and color. These pieces are a unique exploration of the relationship of nature, beauty and aesthetics with technology and science.

Wheeling in the Widening Gyre, 24x24 encaustic

Chris and Amelia open their show, Transitions at The Seen Gallery on Saturday, March 26 at 7pm. If you are in Atlanta that night, stop in and say hello. If you can’t make it on opening night, be sure to see the work during The Seen Gallery’s normal hours – the work will be on display until April 24th.

The Seen Gallery is located at 15 Church Street in Decatur.

Cathédrale Notre Dame

We visited Paris over Christmas break. (My first time in Europe!) It was cold and some of the security lines outside the museums took hours, but we still managed to fill the week with art-viewing. We visited Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée d’Orsay, Musée de l’Orangerie. Sadly, Musée National Picasso was closed. (And there is so much more to see!) We walked though all the paintings rooms and some of the sculpture at the Musée du Louvre. Here are some details of the curious creatures included in some of the paintings:

creatures of the Louvre

from inside the Louvre

in queue for Musée d'Orsay

from inside the Pompidou Center

PS. More pics from our Paris trip here.

paintings in-progress

I covered several large canvases with base coats today. Check out the yellow ones; I painted them with Indian Yellow. It is a vibrant transparent hue, more expensive than a lot of paint colors. Legend says that Indian Yellow used to be made from the urine of cows fed only on mango leaves in rural India. I learned a lot of interesting  things about paint pigments (the true histories and legends) from a fascinating book, Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay.

Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay

My favorite work that we saw to day was by Cara Enteles at Emily Amy Gallery. (We have  really liked the space of this gallery ever since it has–it is light, airy and very friendly.) Enteles work is very beautiful, though its intention “explores predator/prey relationships within nature as well as the effects of man’s destructive actions on the natural world.” Go check it out!

Bees 30" x 22.5" Watercolor and mixed media on paper

All the magazine layout design I do for Flavors has prepared me to design books also! I just designed a book of my paintings completed from 2008 to 2010 and had it printed through Lulu.

The book is mostly a way for me to visually keep track of all the paintings I have done. (Especially since I may never again see some of the paintings that have been sold.) The books make great gifts, but I can’t afford to buy one for everyone I know…so…I made the books publicly for sale through Lulu for anyone who would like to have one!

Last year during Christopher‘s show at The Seen Gallery, I designed a book of his encaustic work also.