"The Inspiration of St. Matthews"
Pastel on Paper
22 1/2" x 35 1/4"
$4,500
"Wilson Arch"
Pastel on Paper
23 1/2" x 14 1/4"
$1,050
"Old Fashioned Garden"
Pastel
14 1/2" x 18 1/4"
$850
"First Hint of Spring"
Pastel
12 1/2" x 17 1/2"
$960
"Artist's Retreat"
Pastel
12" x 24"
$1,150
"Chaco Canyon Sunset"
Pastel
12 1/2" x 17"
$595
"Desert Medusa"
Pastel
18" x 24 1/2"
$1,450
"Evening Calm"
Pastel
16 1/4" x 23 1/4"
$1,200
"Grand Gulch Afternoon"
Pastel
10 1/2" x 14 3/4"
$525
"High Country Meadow"
Pastel
9" x 13"
$375
"High Country Mine"
Pastel
17 1/2" x 24"
$1,130
"In Her Element"
Pastel
15" x 20"
$900
"La Plata Homestead"
Pastel
11 1/2" x 17 3/4"
$680
"Lone Sentinel"
Pastel
17" x 23 1/2"
$1,200
"Looking North"
Pastel
15" x 30"
$1,325
"Maraschino"
Colored Pencil
9 1/2" x 11 3/4"
$430
"Moki Morning"
Pastel
9 3/4" x 17 3/4"
$595
"My Kind of Road"
Pastel
14 1/2" x 23 3/4"
$1,025
"North Clear Creek Falls"
Pastel
14 3/4" x 20 1/4"
$865
"Rooster Butte"
Pastel
5" x 7"
$145
"Seclusion"
Pastel
"Turbulent Evening"
Pastel
10 3/8" x 27"
$855
"Winter Tracks"
Pastel
16 1/2" x 23 1/4"
$1,200
About the Artist
Chris was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1961. At the age of nine, he and his family moved to the little town of Bluff, Utah. The change from a large metropolitan area in a rural setting was huge, but for the young artist the fit could not have been better. While living in Bluff Chris developed a deep love for the outdoors and spent a good deal of time exploring the red rock canyons and cottonwood-lined creeks in the Four Corners area.
From an early age, Chris has expressed himself through art. Primarily self-taught, he has been influenced by the work of other artists, such as: George Inness, Maxfield Parrish, and Richard McKinley. As a young man Chris set aside his art while he completed two tours of service with the United States Marines. Later, while earning a degree in Business Administration at Utah State University, Chris began to draw again. Working primarily with graphite or colored pencil, he received a number of commissions for portraiture and landscape art. In 2000 a friend gave Chris a used set of pastels and suggested he try them. It was one of the best gifts he’d ever received. Chris immediately fell in love with the medium.
Since that time he has worked exclusively with pastel. Always curious as to what’s over the next hill, or around the next bend, Chris tries to convey that sense curiosity and wonder of nature through his paintings. Today Chris lives in Salt Lake City, Utah and continues to find inspiration for his art while traveling and hiking throughout the west.