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Chris Martin (born 1954) is an American abstract painter who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and the Catskills region of New York State. [1] [2] [3]
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 Chris Martin, Staring into the Sun 2003-2006 oil, paper, collage, and staples on canvas 79 x 86 inches (200.1 x 218.4 cm) | |
| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Casualism |
Chris Martin was born in Washington, DC, in 1954. [1] His grandmother was a landscape painter. [2] He grew up in Washington, and works in Brooklyn, New York. He studied painting at Yale University but did not complete the course; in the 1990s he attended the School of Visual Arts and left with a degree in art therapy. He worked as an art therapist for some fifteen years. [2]
He makes colorful, abstract paintings, often with elements of collage and text. [4] [5] His work is casualist, and employs various media. [6] [7] He considers it to be influenced by the Catskill Mountains, which he often visited when young. [8] [7] [9] [10]
An early member of the Williamsburg art scene, he still maintains the same studio he has had since the mid-1980s, in what used to be a florist's freezer. [9]
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