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Featuring twelve paintings as a wall or desk calendar, the wall calendar is printed on sturdy, heavy-stock paper, measuring 23½ inches x 16½ inches. The desktop calendar is 6¼ inches x 5¾ inches. The calendars are printed for the Japanese market and feature Japan’s national holidays.
I’ll be in New York City on Thursday, June 5, for a reception (6pm to 8pm) to discuss my current paintings, which are on exhibition at the George Billis Gallery.
The World Revealed / 40 x 40 inches / oil on canvas / 2025
This piece is inspired by the recent large painting I did. If you look closely at this one, you’ll notice that the clock is positioned exactly in the center of the 40 x 40-inch canvas.
Over a year ago, the George Billis Gallery was approached by an art collector with the idea of a large commission. George got in touch with me and gave me the proposal. I was initially intimidated by the scale of the painting—four feet high by eight feet wide. How would I even move something like that around the studio?
I figured out the logistics, moved things around in the studio and started to work. Everything went much smoother than I had anticipated. The collector was very open to the ideas I sent, and the result is a painting that represents almost the entirety of the subjects that I have depicted in paintings for the nearly two decades.
I was given ample time to work on the painting, which was a blessing. I spent months and months with this canvas, and the slow but steady build-up of paint and color was an enjoyable experience.
The Big Picture / installed / 2025
The Big Picture / installed / 2025
The Big Picture / installed / 2025
Of course, the one lingering thought that kept me up at night was how to safely ship the completed painting across the continent. I am on Vancouver Island; the painting is headed to the Upper West Side of Manhattan. How does this go smoothly?
I worked with a local framer who was accommodating and knowledgeable about framing such a large painting. They did it in record time. Then, I had a local carpenter and shipping expert prepare a crate. The painting was safe. It was loaded onto a plane in Vancouver, carefully unpacked once it landed in New York, and installed in the collector’s home by George.
Over the years, I have received many commissions, but this one has been the most challenging. And I am so happy with the results.
The Big Picture / detail
The Big Picture / detail
The Big Picture / detail
I was commissioned to do two paintings for a collector’s home office. Their interior designer had the vision for the setting and pulled it off in a way I could never have imagined. I’m very grateful for the opportunities that come my way, and seeing where some of the paintings land is always a thrill.
I am happy to share the ninth calendar featuring my paintings, published in Japan by Itoya. The calendars are available worldwide and are shipped from Japan!
Featuring a dozen paintings as a wall or desk calendar, the wall calendar is printed on sturdy, heavy-stock paper, measuring 23½ inches x 16½ inches. The desktop calendar is 6¼ inches x 5¾ inches. The calendars are printed for the Japanese market and feature Japan’s national holidays. I am thrilled that they are now shipping the calendars around the world.
2025 Itoya Calendar / Christopher Stott
2025 Itoya Calendar / Christopher Stott / January
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2025 Itoya Desktop Calendar / Christopher Stott
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2025 Itoya Desktop Calendar / Christopher Stott / June
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These two paintings have just arrived in New York City. I worked on them over the last few weeks of summer, just as a commission for the largest painting I will probably ever do came to me.
Stories We Like, Up and Away / 40 x 30 inches / oil on canvas / 2024
The commissioned painting is four feet high by eight feet wide. It is large enough for me to rent a van and move it around once it is completed. It will take me a few months to complete, but after several weeks of working on it, I already like what I see, which is good news.
Underwood, Good Society 40 x 30 inches / oil on canvas / 2024
Two new typewriter paintings made it to the East Coast for the upcoming Hamptons Fine Art Fair. The George Billis Gallery will show the paintings, and the fair runs from July 11-14.
1937 Remington Noiseless Portable Typewriter / 36 x 36 inches / oil on canvas / 2024 / on the easel
I enjoy blowing up the scale of these bird’s eye view typewriter series. The next ones I do, I think I’ll go even larger. You can get so much detail worked in when they’re extra large.
1967 Olivetti Lettera 32 Typewriter / 36 x 36 inches / oil on canvas / 2024 / on the easel
At the end of February, we will see the opening of an exhibition of my latest paintings in Los Angeles at the Billis Williams Gallery. I have been working on tiny details for months now.
Memory: Facts and Fallacies No.2 / 16 x 20 inches / oil on canvas / 2024 / on the easel
The subjects will be familiar to anyone who has seen my work before. Perhaps this time, you will catch new groupings of subjects with more contrast and depth in the lighting.
Memory: Facts and Fallacies No.3 / 18 x 24 inches / oil on canvas / 2024 / on the easel
In a word, the theme of this body of work would be Memory.
I will share more of the new paintings in the coming weeks.
Here it is! The 2024 edition of Itoya’s calendar featuring my work is sold exclusively in Itoya’s stores in Japan. I think the 2024 calendar is particularly good, with a selection of 12 paintings that I am very proud of.
