Chris is a California-based fine artist and printmaker with murals, paintings on canvas, and relief prints displayed publicly and in galleries. His desert upbringing has inspired him to build a body of work based on the use of bold palettes of brilliant colors to give his pieces deep contrasts, movement, and depth.
Through the use of these colors and contrasts, he aims to interrogate assumptions of dualities. Juxtaposing the built and natural worlds, overlapping the past with the present, and inverting the role of shadows and light aim to invoke reflection on one’s relationship to nature and to folkloric mythologies.
A Californian artist of Mexican descent, Chris draws great inspiration from Mexican folkloric traditions depicting hummingbirds, native plants, and cultural traditions as a means to link modern day imagery to the past.
