"Blue Shed in Winter"
Oil
16"x20"

ARTIST BIO

Chris Gold is a resident of York, PA who starts painting later in life. Her creative journey begins in 1999 when her daughter comes home from school with a pot she has made in her ceramics class. They begin taking private lessons together and she discovers the joy of creating something functional from a lump of clay. After 14 years of being frustrated with the occasional unfixable failures coming from her kiln, she feels she needs a different medium for her creative outlet. In addition to the increasing mound of failed pots, she also finds that pottery does not allow for the degree of self-expression she desires.

As a child she grows up being fascinated watching her father paint with colorful, creamy oil paints, so in 2013 she picks up a brush to try it for herself. She begins with less costly acrylic paint and after finding some confidence in her painting skill set, she adds oils to her repertoire. Paint is now her chosen medium because it allows her the flexibility to change a work to maximize her aesthetic ambition. She also finds painting a better vehicle to express her point of view.
She enjoys painting a variety of genres including landscapes and still life. More recently she is painting ethereal still life pieces which combine natural and man-made elements to explore how God has instilled creativity in his own human creations. She classifies herself a representational painter leaning into Impressionism. She finds pure realism too constraining and strives for a balance between what she actually sees in her environment and how she would like to see it.

Her art education is not a formal one, but rather gained by taking workshops and classes from local professionals. Always hungry to keep learning she enrolls in art classes and workshops regularly.
Now a retired nurse practitioner in women's health, she has more time to devote to the canvas and is showing her work in area galleries and online social media. She has been accepted into juried shows through the York Art Association. She is exhibiting work at the York Jewish Community Center and has entered paintings into the Parliament Art Organization and Creative York. She is a member of the York Art Association, Creative York and is. a juried member of the Oil Painters of America. She also serves as the chair of the Gallery committee and Board of Directors of the York Art Association.

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