Christopher Stott is a contemporary realist painter.
Over the years I’ve collected many objects – at one point things started to get out of hand and so I downsized, but I’m starting to run out of space again.
Luckily some objects are small enough to fit anywhere. My wife and kids have taken to gifting me miniature inspiration.
I’ve done a few more studies, although one could be seen as more of a reach back to around a decade ago when pencils seemed to figure frequently in my paintings.
These paintings will be included in the small works December exhibition at the Elliott Fouts Gallery.
I found a bunch of Penguin Classics that I’ll be featuring in some upcoming paintings — this painting is the first study.
Nineteen Eighty-Four is one of my favourite books. Although it is fascinating, I actually don’t fear that the world depicted in it is the one we live in. It’s more like the one we are afraid we live in, and the truth is we actually live in a Brave New World which seems equally as terrifying.
My work has been, for several years, shifting toward a stark, near-white ground. These three paintings signal a shift to adding more immediate color to my paintings. I thought an obvious dose of primary colors would be a good place to start.
These are my prototypes that will eventually take me in a new direction. New ideas and experimenting happening in the studio – it’s exciting. Read more
A few more book paintings recently available through the Elliott Fouts Gallery in Sacramento, California.
Climbing Higher – 30 x 30, oil on canvas. New work featuring vintage primary readers. Available through the Elliott Fouts Gallery in Sacramento, California.
A few more layers and details on these vintage primary readers, then this one is on the way to the Elliott Fouts Gallery.
These two new paintings are at the Elliott Fouts Gallery in Sacramento, California.
Oh, summer. You make it so hard to stay focussed in the studio. The lure of the sunny beaches and trails to explore. Please grant me a few overcast or rainy days so I can lock myself in the studio for a few hours to finish these paintings.
Once these two paintings are complete, they’ll be heading to the Elliott Fouts Gallery in Sacramento, California.
Here’s a peek at me working on a recent commission – a Bolex Paillard 18-5 8MM film projector form the early 1960s.
The blades are like flower pedals, the body color is a crisp electric blue. This painting of a vintage Electrohome fan is one of a dozen new paintings showing at the George Billis Gallery LA from May 21 – July 2, 2016.