Photo by A.Winchester
I am primarily a painter based in MA, but have worked in other 2D media such as graphite, ink, and collage. Inspired by visionaries ranging from Francis Bacon to Steve Reich, I am currently navigating a vivid pictorial space informed as much by landscape as by figurative gesture and presence.
Often working from improvisation in a mode of abstraction, I layer and build spaces of balance and movement in the pursuit of portraying the kinetic dance of flow and disruption that represents our shared life on a unique planet. The ecstasy of existence plays as much of a role in my work as pain, discomfort, and existential dread. I am steadily building a language that is intended to weave a personal narrative and simultaneously create a sympathetic and more universal reading, and I invite the viewer to personally interpret what they are seeing. No interpretation is "false.”
For inquiries, please write me:
chrisvillonart at gmail dot com