- Just a word about myself and my work.
				I am a Colorado native, born and raised here in Colorado springs.
			My great grandparents on both sides of my family moved to
					the state at the end of the 1800's and we never left.
					Colorado has been in my family's blood for a long time.
			I paint Colorado because I love Colorado,
				my life is at it's best when I'm at timberline,
					or in the forest when it's snowing,
			looking at the silhouette of aspen and pine trees against the evening sky,
					listening to the sound of coyotes yipping fifty feet away
					from my tent at four in the morning,
					or the sound my heart pounding as I attempt to gain
						elevation on a mountain.
			- even though Colorado has become rather over crowded in
					the last fifteen years,there are
				still wild places here. Places that make the hair stand up on the back
				of your neck, because you know that you are not the master
					of where you are standing. You feel small and weak.
					You feel a connection with prehistory.
				Like most people I'm not a big fan of feeling small and weak, but
						I am a big fan of the wild places.
						The feeling small part is just your indicator.
			- watercolor paintings are like good coffee or fine wines.
					They are an acquired taste.
				Most people start painting by playing around with watercolors,
						but quickly give it up for paints that are harder to prepare
						yet easier to control.
					I've been painting watercolors for over twenty years and
					what so intrigues me about watercolors are their
							inherent luminosity.
						While oil or acrylic paints reflect the light according to the
						color of the paint itself. Watercolors are transparent
							allowing the light to reflect off the paper and shine
								back through the pigment.
						Thus giving the watercolor painting a glow
							that cannot be matched by any other method of painting.
				My intention for this website is to
					give people a way of accessing my work
						not only to purchase but also
					to see my work as a collection. In galleries
					someone may see only a few of an Artist's paintings
					and as such it may be difficult to really understand
					the full scope of an Artist's work.
				- if my paintings intrigue you at all
						it might interest you to know that
					what pushes me as an artist
					is my spirituality.
						When you see the wilderness as
					a place created, a work of art,
					it changes your perspective.
				This perspective shows up in all of my work
					however probably none so clearly as
						Split Rock. I created it as a metaphor
						for Christ. You can read more about that on
							the metaphors page.
						emails with comments or questions are always welcome.
						Thanks for visiting!
							Chris
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