Sentries

23 x 36 inches, watercolor
2022
Study on toned paper

Tiera and Cayden

acrylic on canvas, 24 x 36 inches, 2022
Stehp’s Grandparents

oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches
Old Friends

acrylic on canvas, 2020
Thompson Family at the Camp

Egg Tempera on panel
30 x 40 inches, 2014
Dad at the Beach

acrylic on canvas, 2020
Abby and Oliver

acrylic on canvas
20 x 24 inches, 2020
Skating with Dad

acrylic on canvas
14 x 18 inches
Gary Woodland

oil on canvas, 2021
48 x 41 inches
Commissioned by Magellan Financial

American Golf Pro, Woodland won the U.S. Open in 2019
Cruise 2016

oil on canvas,
“Salty K”

Still Here

double self portrait, 2021
moby dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off—then, I account it high time to get to the easel as soon as I can.
Chris, borrowing liberally from Melville
watercolor diary
Often watercolor is like a diary. I use it to record what I see, to learn about what I see. Then later I translate that knowledge into another painting.
watercolor text
It’s hard to remember a time when I wasn’t painting watercolors.
While it’s easy to control watercolor, I love to let the paint run wild and then carve a painting out of the natural chaos.
…controlled chaos.
Chris Cart
tactile paint
I love the feel of paint on canvas or paper, and the way your fingers can sense that tactile feel and weight of paint on the brush, whether is it buttery or rough, dry or soggy. What a great way to spend my days.
canvas as a stage
I love telling stories in paint. And when I paint people, the canvas is my stage and the people my players.
Blind Man Boogie, watercolor

watercolor on paper, 23 x 22 inches, 2017 This was inspired by an old busker I saw in the subway in Boston.
Entertainers Beyond the Sea

8 x 12 foot wall mural, acrylic, 2017