Christopher Perry

Places stop me in my tracks. Places burn into my mind. Memory changes the landscape in captivating ways. As I reflect on these remembered places they evolve and change as they are savored. My memories develop and simplify and get stripped down to their essence. They grow with saturation and intensity until I can contain them no longer. I then physically engage this contained energy to create my work.

My landscapes have an abstract feel with recognizable forms to convey a sense of discovery and mystery. My work is further characterized by bold marks, smooth surfaces, and expressive lines. The silhouettes of my works are filled with saturated darks that are loaded with color; deep chocolate browns and warm burgundies. From this darkness emerges the warmth of light. I seek concentrated landscapes where twilights’ shadows melt the suns raking light and atmosphere diffuses the view. This Chiaroscuro gives us all that is in between.

I create in two separate mediums; oil painting and kiln-glass. My oil paintings inspire the kiln-glass work and my kiln-glass inspires the oil paintings. There is a constant dialogue between the two.