Chris Mars

October inspires me.  The fall leaves, the cool air, the angle of the light.  To some extent, there is an autumn-light quality in nearly all my work.  The aesthetics of autumn are in my bones.  As is the spirit of Halloween.

Typically in October, I let these influences take over my work (and myself).  When I created Chapter 31, I didn’t know it would become a series.  But I suppose that was happily inevitable.

And yes, I frame the piece before I paint it.  I’m asked about that all the time.  I frame the blank board I’m about to paint on.  The frame and the paint influence each other and become one.

Happy Halloween! -Chris Mars

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