Christopher Bechler, self-taught artist, excels in expressionistic watercolor and oil paintings, and bronze sculptures. He grew up in a family of artists on the eastern seaboard near Boston, and began painting as a child. In his twenties, he studied art in Germany under the tutelage of Richard Kuhn, an abstract expressionist. He continued his studies in Eugene, Oregon with Adam Grosowsky, expressionist, and Richard Quigley, surrealist. Nature inspires Christopher’s paintings, but he draws more from his mind’s eye than from any given real landscape. His sculptures, on the other hand, present powerful non-representational, organic shapes that lend themselves to many interpretations with their innovative negative spaces. Christopher exhibits his work in private and public venues on both coasts of the US. He has paintings in private collections in the US and Germany, and he has won a variety of awards including the Lane Community College Juror’s Award and the Lane Community College Best in Show Award. |
