Chris Cox
Changing Course (11/24/20), 2020
Oil on canvas
30 x 48 x 1.5"

Artist Statement

My paintings are from my series "Chaos & Calm" that I worked on in 2020, 2021 and 2022. Those years were an extraordinary time of chaos in our country, our lives and our world. We had to endure a pandemic and a toxic political environment that divided our country. I have tried to visually record what I felt throughout this time. Many days during those years were chaotic, but sometimes I was able to tap into some much-needed calmness, thus the name Chaos & Calm.

These paintings were created by first applying layers of color for the background that reflected my changing mood throughout that time. After the background was completed, much like the action painters, I used kinetic, spontaneous mark-making to record what was happening on any given day. Each painting is titled and dated for the day the marks were added to the background color of the painting. The paintings are almost like a visual journal of my life during that time.

Artist Bio

Chris Cox is an abstract artist living in Philadelphia and France. She is represented by Muse Gallery. Currently, she has a solo show, Being In Nature, at Muse Galley. Recently her paintings were in the exhibition, Color Fields, curated by InLiquid at The National in Philadelphia. In 2024, Chris also participated in the Fairmount Waterworks curated exhibition titled Wanderings: Observations of Our Watershed.

Chris was selected to be the featured artist for Bluestone Fine Art Gallery at the inaugural Philadelphia Fine Art Fair held in 2019. She was also one of seven artists featured by Bluestone at the Hamptons Virtual Art Fair in September 2020. Her series, Spiritual Journey: A Visual Narrative was also chosen to be in Abington Art Center's 2020 Fall Solo Series. In 2021, Chris had two paintings featured in Woodmere Art Museum's 79th Annual Juried Exhibition and was one of two artists featured in the Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia's Virtual Exhibition. During 2023, she was selected for Wayne Art Center's juried exhibitions "Attraction to Abstraction" and the "Regional Spring Open Exhibition."

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