Chris Bell
Fine Art Originals - Vibrant Portrayals of Nature and People in Alcohol Ink and other mediums
Working studio – 418 Stone Cottage Rd, Mars Hill, NC 28754
[email protected] | www.chrisbellart.com | 453.668.5238
Chris Bell is an emerging artist, working in a variety of mediums diligently coercing them into her vision of a realistic representation of her subjects inspired by a love of animals, her natural surroundings and a fascination with vibrant colors.
BIOGRAPHY
Chris Bell is from the Madison County, NC Phillips family. Chris has been an artist all her life, attending Mars Hill University in 1987 as an Art Major. As life often twists and turns Chris left her Art aspirations to care for her family. In 2012 Chris returned a more determined focus on her passion for Art expression and began a self-taught exploration that in 2016 serendipitously led her to discover the art medium of her dreams being Alcohol Ink whose unruly nature and ultra-vivid bright colors continue to tickle her soul and she is producing artworks that resonate in harmony with her ambition. During the Pandemic times of 2020 while being quarantined away in her studio she has rediscovered her interest and love for a multitude of other mediums as she continues her growth and exploration as an artist.
Born October 10th, 1969
Lives and works in Mars Hill, North Carolina
ARTIST STATEMENT
Creating art for me is like drinking good Appalachian spring water… Nothing tastes better! Being an artist and creating artworks is the sweetness of my life… Sometimes it’s cool and crisp thirst quenching and other times its red hot like mountain moonshine… I get drunk on it… I lose my sense of time and specific space… I’m in the “Zone”… I’m with the divine… My specific and perhaps unusual ability to coerce the unruly Alcohol Ink medium to my will and vision give a viewer the opportunity to experience amazing detail and ultra-vibrant color… that is surprising and fascinating. During the recent times of the Pandemic of 2020 while quarantining at my home and studio I have been in the process of re-discovering my passion for many more art mediums from my past and I am pleasantly surprised to see the extent to which my in-depth devotion to Alcohol Inks have informed my color preference... All my art is more vibrant and alive than ever before...
EDUCATION
Studied under:
Paula Parker – Madison County local watercolor artist, 1986
Mr. Gordon Mahy – Mars Hill College Art Dept., 1987-1988
EXHIBITIONS
2020 Asheville Gallery of Art- Asheville Downtown- exhibiting member 2020-2021
2020 Creative Hub Studios - Asheville River Arts District - Exhibiting member
2020 Group exhibition "Let The Sunshine In" CURRENT Show through Feb, MADCO, Marshall, NC
WNC Open Illustration Show 2020, Zapow Gallery Show begins in March, Asheville, NC
2019 Group exhibition, Marshall, Madison County Arts Council (MADCO), Marshall, NC
Group exhibition, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
2012 Site-specific installation, Jazzy Java, St. George, UT
Publications
2020 Biltmore Beacon - Oct 2020 article
2020 The Laurels of Asheville - Nov 2020 Issue
2020 "Cheap Joe's Art Stuff" catalog 2020, page 35 "Raven"
2019 News Record Madison County, NC Dec 11, 2019 issue, page 6A "Art is the Heart of Marshall" artwork featured "Hummingbird"
COLLECTIONS
Works held in private collections in the United States, Italy and United Arab Emirates
Dr. Scott Vautrin Life Light Chiropractic – Johnson City, TN
Fine Art Originals - Vibrant Portrayals of Nature and People in Alcohol Ink and other mediums
Working studio – 418 Stone Cottage Rd, Mars Hill, NC 28754
[email protected] | www.chrisbellart.com | 453.668.5238
Chris Bell is an emerging artist, working in a variety of mediums diligently coercing them into her vision of a realistic representation of her subjects inspired by a love of animals, her natural surroundings and a fascination with vibrant colors.
BIOGRAPHY
Chris Bell is from the Madison County, NC Phillips family. Chris has been an artist all her life, attending Mars Hill University in 1987 as an Art Major. As life often twists and turns Chris left her Art aspirations to care for her family. In 2012 Chris returned a more determined focus on her passion for Art expression and began a self-taught exploration that in 2016 serendipitously led her to discover the art medium of her dreams being Alcohol Ink whose unruly nature and ultra-vivid bright colors continue to tickle her soul and she is producing artworks that resonate in harmony with her ambition. During the Pandemic times of 2020 while being quarantined away in her studio she has rediscovered her interest and love for a multitude of other mediums as she continues her growth and exploration as an artist.
Born October 10th, 1969
Lives and works in Mars Hill, North Carolina
ARTIST STATEMENT
Creating art for me is like drinking good Appalachian spring water… Nothing tastes better! Being an artist and creating artworks is the sweetness of my life… Sometimes it’s cool and crisp thirst quenching and other times its red hot like mountain moonshine… I get drunk on it… I lose my sense of time and specific space… I’m in the “Zone”… I’m with the divine… My specific and perhaps unusual ability to coerce the unruly Alcohol Ink medium to my will and vision give a viewer the opportunity to experience amazing detail and ultra-vibrant color… that is surprising and fascinating. During the recent times of the Pandemic of 2020 while quarantining at my home and studio I have been in the process of re-discovering my passion for many more art mediums from my past and I am pleasantly surprised to see the extent to which my in-depth devotion to Alcohol Inks have informed my color preference... All my art is more vibrant and alive than ever before...
EDUCATION
Studied under:
Paula Parker – Madison County local watercolor artist, 1986
Mr. Gordon Mahy – Mars Hill College Art Dept., 1987-1988
EXHIBITIONS
2020 Asheville Gallery of Art- Asheville Downtown- exhibiting member 2020-2021
2020 Creative Hub Studios - Asheville River Arts District - Exhibiting member
2020 Group exhibition "Let The Sunshine In" CURRENT Show through Feb, MADCO, Marshall, NC
WNC Open Illustration Show 2020, Zapow Gallery Show begins in March, Asheville, NC
2019 Group exhibition, Marshall, Madison County Arts Council (MADCO), Marshall, NC
Group exhibition, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
2012 Site-specific installation, Jazzy Java, St. George, UT
Publications
2020 Biltmore Beacon - Oct 2020 article
2020 The Laurels of Asheville - Nov 2020 Issue
2020 "Cheap Joe's Art Stuff" catalog 2020, page 35 "Raven"
2019 News Record Madison County, NC Dec 11, 2019 issue, page 6A "Art is the Heart of Marshall" artwork featured "Hummingbird"
COLLECTIONS
Works held in private collections in the United States, Italy and United Arab Emirates
Dr. Scott Vautrin Life Light Chiropractic – Johnson City, TN
