Chris Veenman
Chris Veenman
Chris Veenman

Artist Statement

I am an American and grew up in the high mountains of Colorado. I have been living in Paris for the last 20 years and studied interior architecture and design at L'Ecole Boulle in Paris. Fine arts have always been a great interest to me, as they have influenced my design work.  In 2008, I began painting, mainly oil and mixed media on various surfaces. My inspiration comes from nature and organic forms and I would categorize my paintings as abstract landscapes.  My work sometimes include figurative elements such as trees mixed with the abstract. 
I tend to be doing  more abstract subjects and pursuing painting on non-traditional surfaces such as Corian, Plexiglass, stainless steel and perforated metal, and then layering the different materials into one composition. The works on Plexiglass and Corian exploit the aspects of transparency, translucency and opacity and their interplay. The cast shadows between various layers then became an integral part of the image itself, changing with the light and giving another dimension to the work.  I also find interesting the way colors are transfused behind translucent layers, and I would like to further explore this media in creating original works.

Education

GRETA des Arts Appliqués– Ecole Boulle, Paris                         Sept. 1995 - May 1998 Diplôme: Architecture d’Intérieure, Design Produit

American Graduate School of International Management       Aug. 1989 - Jan. 1991 (Thunderbird) Glendale, Arizona, USA
Diploma: Master of Business Administration

University of Colorado     Aug 1982 - May 1987
Boulder, Colorado, USA Diploma: BS Marketing

Recent and current Exhibitions :
Parallax AF, July 2011, London
Solo Show, Espace Beaurepaire, October 2011, Paris

International Artists at Home and Abroad Exhibition, Broadway Gallery, Jan. 10 –Feb. 2 2012, New York