CHRIS STOTT
Artist Statement
I approach my work with a naturalistic styling and a strong sense of minimalism and order.
I paint a wide variety of vintage and antique objects including typewriters, books, clocks, bubble gum machines and telephones among other common technology and appliances. As subjects, they have built-in narrative, they tell stories. And transforming them to painting creates an intimate, slower viewing experience. My hope is that in the paintings a viewer can find big picture ideas and even personal histories and stories.
The straight forward compositions break the objects down to simple shapes and designs. My painting technique, adding multiple layers of paint and minute but still painterly detail, creates a near-photorealist aesthetic. I choose to paint the objects because, put simply, painting is transformative.
I paint a wide variety of vintage and antique objects including typewriters, books, clocks, bubble gum machines and telephones among other common technology and appliances. As subjects, they have built-in narrative, they tell stories. And transforming them to painting creates an intimate, slower viewing experience. My hope is that in the paintings a viewer can find big picture ideas and even personal histories and stories.
The straight forward compositions break the objects down to simple shapes and designs. My painting technique, adding multiple layers of paint and minute but still painterly detail, creates a near-photorealist aesthetic. I choose to paint the objects because, put simply, painting is transformative.
Biography
Born in 1976, Christopher Stott began a prolific and dedicated studio painting career in 2003 after graduating from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, with High Honors and a Distinguished Exhibition. Stott’s work has shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in commercial and public galleries. He works from his in-home studio on Vancouver Island with his wife and two children.
