Thank for these videos. This man's work is incredible. He's a Master level oil painter. Classical fine art. My grandmother was an artist & also my mentor. However...As a kid I also study Leonardo DaVinci & collected every book on him I could find. My grandmother passed away & I stopped art for a period. At the time I didn't live in an area supportive of arts. I do believe there is an ancestral component...as the desire to paint still exists within. When younger I often wondered how I could get a mentor, a new york loft studio or show my art in Soho. Its good to see artists realizing their dreams...living the lifestyle and painting every day ❤ These videos are invaluable. Just to see the vast open spaces of the lofts. Its Wonderful to get a glimpse into the inner workings of thier studio's. Simple marveled by all of it.
He has won the life lottery, living his life doing something he loves, making a living doing it, and all within his home which is a place he loves to be.
I paint constantly outside of my day job in Soho (that hardly pays the rent / food for a tiny room in Brooklyn) and my dream is to paint full time, every day. It brings tears to my eyes thinking about how blessed those artists were that he talked about, who could work a few days at an art store per week and rent lofts in Soho to make art. I'm so happy they had that opportunity but it is not the reality today. I am dreaming simply of working one less day per week and having a small art studio and to afford oil paints and large canvases rather than the small tubes of black and white acrylic I am getting by on currently. To even reach that level would be a big success.
How old are you? Do you have spouse/kids? Do you plan to? Because you can become a nurse and make over $100k right out of school, and the job is 3 days per week. Yes, that's 3 days per week, four days off, and that's full time. Three 12 or 13 hour shifts per week equals 36-39 hours per week. But at that rate, you could work two days per week and probably make $60-70k. And it doesn't have to take you another 4 years to do this. If you already have a degree in something, even if it's something like art or writing, you can do a one year accelerated RN course and be an RN in one year, after which you'll only have to work two or three days per week, will make a comfortable living, and can paint all of your other days, especially if you don't have a spouse/kids yet.
@@KEP1983 thank you v much for this info. I do have a BA in art and no kids (not planning on it), early 30s. I've thought about being a nurse but people always talk about the crazy hours and stress, so I've never thought of it as a great option but I will definitely reconsider and look into this now! 🙌🙌
@@user-sb1sh3jx7w yeah, the hours are long but you're only doing it three days per week. If I could go back in time I would have done it early, and painted on all my days off, and avoided getting married until my painting took over my nursing job. That or marry someone rich 😆
@@KEP1983 i really appreciate this and your perspective as a painter. This might actually be a weird case of life changing advice through RU-vid comments!! 🙌✨
It was great to discover this video. I was good friends with his parents and knew Christopher as a very talented child. I’m so glad to see his work now!
Love this series. Everyone you showcase is so interesting, I could listen to them talk about their lives for hours. Your presentation is also amazing, all of the best parts of a documentary with a lot of personality in the style to go along with it.
These are fill me with inspiration, not just in art but in life. Never stop, the only videos i look forward to on this platform amongst hundreds of subscriptions.
Great video! I have known his work for years and when you said the artists name it was very familiar. It's nice to put a face to the work I admire. I think we have mutual art friends. I grew up around art with my father being a designer/illustrator and at a very young age was assisting my father on the creation of architectural renderings. I went to art school and studied illustration and was enamored with the work of the golden age illustrators as Christopher said like N.C.Wyeth and Andrew Wyeth. I'm also a huge fan of Dean Cornwell, Norman Rockwell, Harold Von Schmidt, Jessie Wilcox Smith and painters John Singer Sargent, Winslow Homer, Mary Cassat, Thomas Eakins and on and on. I live in Pennsylvania not far from the Brandywine River Museum and N.C Wyeth's work brings me to tears. I get emotional seeing it. I developed painters' skills but was hired out of art school by a major corporation as a graphic designer/illustrator and did that type of work almost my entire life and I'm sixty-four years old. I always continued to paint and draw while working fulltime and with passion getting myself into juried fine art exhibitions and being around painters. I'm now at this age more of a painter. Art is a journey, and we all take different paths to get to destinations. There's certainty in that all artists are lifelong learners. Christopher does brilliant work and thanks for sharing this video. It made my day. I paint everyday as well and bounce between realist work and abstract work. I find enjoyment in both in which a young me would have never thought that. It's so much about design and form. The application of paint and the movement of the artists hand and heart.
this is so fascinating, I think more light on the other side of his face, it looks so dark. But boy are you a genius to be able to do all this and share with all of us. God Bless you, thank you for the inspiration and finding amazing subjects.
It’s so refreshing to see someone in one of these NY lofts who is a real, classically trained artist who actually understands light and how to paint what he sees and doesn’t just do folk art or abstract. Awesome
I must confess, I've preferred the episodes with the older artists. However, upon second thought, it also warms me to see a younger person create in these spaces. Perhaps you've answered this in your book or elsewhere, but I'm curious: When someone dies in one of these spaces, is there an opportunity for other artists to move in? Are they able to pass on the lease to next of kin? Or, as I sadly suspect, are the lofts sold to the highest bidder?
