Coffee on Paper 15”w x 25”h Framed This piece is scheduled for exhibition through Salon Blanc at the Tokyo Met- ropolitan Art Museum in May, 2025. The subject is Chris’s student Sophie, who is also one of his most accomplished artist-students. Chris considers this piece his finest work.
Ink sumi-e on Traditional Japanese Scroll Kakejiku 11.5”w x 28” h Addison was a student of Chris’s for several years; her work was featured at the Twitter Art Exhibit in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2019.
Ink Sumi-e Traditional Japanese Scroll Kakejiku 11.5”w x 28” h At just 13 years of age, Sophie has already exhibited three times at the National Art Center Tokyo and once at the Shirataka Cultural Exchange Center Museum of Art. Her next international exhibition is in January.
Coffee on Paper 55”w x 15”h Framed This piece was exhibited at the London Coffee Festival, London England, 2019. The subject is Chris’s former student assistant Isabel, who is also an accomplished artist. Many of her works appear in this exhibition.
Oil on canvas 25”w x 19”h Framed Wendi has participated in many exhibitions over the years, including the Twitter Art Exhibit in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2019.
Watercolour on paper 25.5”w x 31.5”h Framed This piece was inspired by a photograph Chris took of his student Isabel, who accompanied him on the trip to the Tokyo exhibitions in 2020. Isa- bel fell asleep on the Chuo Line train on the return trip to Tokyo from Mount Fuji.
Coffee on Paper 17”w x 21.5”h Framed This piece was exhibited at the Gallery Akatsuki in Ginza, Tokyo in 2021 through Salon Blanc. The subject of this painting is Aidyn, one of Chris’s students. Students appear frequently in Chris’s international work.
Watercolour on paper 22” w x 26”h Framed This piece was exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum through Salon Blanc in 2016. The subject of the painting is Maliwe, one of the children Chris taught at an orphanage in southern Zambia. The cane held by Maliwe is actually Chris’s, frequently borrowed by the orphanage children.
Ink Sumi-e and coffee Traditional Japanese Scroll Kakejiku 11.5”w x 28” h The enso, or circle, is a common theme in Japanese art; it represents strength, enlightenment, balance and harmony. Unclosed, the enso also suggests be- ginning and ending and wabi-sabi, the beauty of imperfection.
Coffee on Paper 17”w x 21.5”h Framed This piece was exhibited at the National Art Center Tokyo through Salon Blanc in 2023. It has the distinction of being the recipient of the Salon Blanc Honorary Chairman’s Award in an exhibition typically dominated by French and Japanese artists. Chris is the first American ever to win the award. The artist explains…
Watercolour on paper 20”w x 24”h Framed This piece was exhibited at the National Art Center Tokyo through Salon Blanc in 2019. By the time she was 14, Isabel’s work had been exhibited at exhibitions and galleries in London, New York and Tokyo. She holds the distinction of being the youngest artist ever to be invited to exhibit by the…
Coffee on Paper 8.5”w x 10”h Framed This miniature was exhibited at the Twitter Art Exhibit 21 in Cheltenham, England in 2021. The subject is Chris’s former student Aidyn.
Shui-mo in ink with watercolour on Traditional Japanese Scroll Kakejiku 12”w x 68” h This scroll was created for this exhibit but it will be submitted for the next exhibit in Japan
Shui-mo in ink with watercolour on Traditional Japanese Scroll Kakejiku 12”w x 68” h This scroll was created for this exhibit but it will be submitted for the next exhibit in Japan
Watercolour on paper 20” w x 23”h Framed This piece was exhibited at the National Art Center Tokyo through Salon Blanc in 2020. The subject of this painting is Joy Marsters, one of about 50 people who inhabit the island of Palmerston in the Cook Islands. The island was settled by an English carpenter and his three Polynesian wives in…
Coffee on Paper 19”w x 19”h Framed This piece was exhibited at the National Art Center Tokyo through Salon Blanc in 2019. The subject is Isabel herself. The title derives from the name of a type of bee common in Japan.
Shui-mo in ink with watercolour on Traditional Japanese Scroll Kakejiku 14.5”w x 60” h This piece was exhibited at the National Art Center Tokyo in 2023. One of Chris’s most respected student-artists, Sophie has a particular gift for Asian paint- ing techniques and has exhibited at museums in Japan many times, notably at the National Art Center in Roppongi and…
Coffee print 19.5”w x 22.5” h Framed The original of this piece was exhibited at the London Coffee Festi- val in London, England, in 2018. The subject is Chris’s former student assistant Isabel, a frequent model and accomplished artist.
Mixed Media on paper This piece was exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in 2014 through Salon Blanc. This is an unusual piece in that it combines watercolour and acrylic and includes a painted mat. The subject is Quincy, Chris’s iguana, no sadly no longer with us.
Coffee on Paper 22”w x 26”h Framed This piece was exhibited at the Gallery Akatsuki in Ginza, Tokyo in 2021 through Salon Blanc. The subject is one of the last samurai, who was instrumental in establishing a centralized government under the emperor in the late Edo period.
Sumi-e in ink on traditional JapaneseScroll -Kakejiku 9.5”w x 18”h This piece was exhibited at the National Art Center Tokyo and the Shira- taka Cultural Exchange Center in 2022. Sophie is one of our most respected young artists specializing in Asian painting techniques. Her fifth exhibition in Japan is in January 2025
Coffee on Paper 18”w x 22”h Framed This piece was exhibited at the National Art Center Tokyo through Sa- lon Blanc in 2022. The subject is his former student Ava, a frequent model. Her long dark straight hair lends itself well to coffee.
Coffee print 13.5”w x 17” h Framed The original of this piece was exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum through Salon Blanc in 2016. It was also exhibited at the New York Coffee Festival at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York in 2019, where it received the second place award. The subject is Chris’s former student assistant Isabel, a…
Watercolour on paper. 20” w x 16”h Framed This piece was exhibited at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in 2013 through Salon Blanc. This is the first painting by Chris that was exhibited overseas and was completed with a single brush, a #1 round.
Oil on canvas 14”w x 18”h Framed Although primarily known as a coloured pencil artist , she works in a wide variety of media. Wendi is notable in that she is one of Chris’s former students who has gone professional.
