Chris writes...

My main influence is my Mom who is a wonderful painter and who turned me on to the naïve folk artists of eastern Europe.She also made it a point to drag me to the wonderful art museums in Italy and NYC as a kid. I'm also into Haitian Folk art, my first exposure coming from the collection of paintings at my friends Jacques Hoffmann's house. I've had several painting shows, mostly at Small World Coffee in Princeton to which I must thank them for supporting the arts locally. I was too intimated, sadly, by the painting department at Mass. Art where I graduated college so I didn't start until after school.

But painting to me provides a peace of mind which seems to balance the noisey chaos of my musical life.

I often use my stamp collection, glueing them to canvas to represent leaves on a tree or bricks on a building and which accentuate the idea of space and time.