I have lived and painted in Oregon for over 25 years. I have taught painting, drawing and color theory in Oregon, along with digital art and design classes at 4 local colleges.<\/p>\n
I am inspired by color and light in live settings, such as those experienced in Oregon and Washington\u2019s fantastic vistas. Most of my recent landscape paintings have been one-session \u201cplein air\u201d paintings, meaning they were painted on site at one time, taking usually about 2 \u2013 4 hours each.<\/p>\n
I like to paint from life because of the endless information in nature from which to pick colors, shapes, and forms.<\/p>\n
I also paint still life setups with lights, transparent and translucent objects and liquids, and well-worn\/well-loved objects like old boots.<\/p>\n
I have always painted portraits, preferably from life in one sitting. The human face, the center of consciousness, is endlessly fascinating.<\/p>\n
I structure my paintings on the relationship between 2D and 3D movements in a composition, and the resonance between geometry, color, space and meaning.<\/p>\n
I paint in oil, acrylic, encaustic, and several drawing mediums.<\/p>\n
I price my paintings on materials and time, and I believe in creating fine art that is affordable by most people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chris Dreger – Bio I have lived and painted in Oregon for over 25 years. I have taught painting, drawing and color theory in Oregon, along with digital art and design classes at 4 local colleges. I am inspired by color and light in live settings, such as those experienced in Oregon and Washington\u2019s fantastic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1554,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1552","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t