Chris Ortiz

These paintings were produced by Chris Ortiz, one of my people at ArtWorks. The brushwork and marks are all his, with very little intervention. I chose the colors and developed all the procedures that allow these images to come to life.

The Big Switcharoo

For the last several years I've been producing oil paintings on gallery-wrapped canvas. While lovely most of the time, this combination resulted in far too many quality control issues. As of a few days a ago, I've switched to mixed media (acrylic, watercolor and water-soluble crayon) on home-made panels in an effort to increase overall quality and provide myself with a larger number of creative options. Only time will tell if this was a smart decision. The resulting paintings should be quite different and hopefully better than anything I've done in the past. I'll post some images the moment they become available.