Chris Carter

Gallery of Trees

April 14, 2015

Trees – Walks with Dad, NJ – December 2011
Winter landscape, Vermont – watercolor and pastel
Trees, Sebastopol, CA – November 2014
Trees, Sea Ranch, CA May 2014 – ink and watercolor sketchbook drawing
Point Reyes, CA, en plein air watercolor – November 2012
Trees, en plein air ink and watercolor – Drive and Draw Game September 2012
Field and Trees, Anthony Road, Lebanon Township, NJ – oil on canvas 30″ x 40″ July 2008
Light Through the Trees – pencil sketch 2010
Trees – en plein air oil painting, NJ – April 2012
Point Reyes, CA, en plein air watercolor setup – November 2012
Dancing Trees, Lord Stirling Park, NJ – April 2012
en plein air watercolor study of trees – June 2014
Birch Trees – watercolor
Napa Valley Trees, CA – November 2014
Field and Trees – en plein air ink drawing – NJ 2011
Evening sky over orchard, Les Bassacs, France 2014
The Matriarch – the Carter Family Beech Tree
Winter Trees, en plein air oil painting, New Jersey
Autumn Pines, en plein air oil painting, New Jersey
Klimt woods, Les Bassacs, France 2014
Along the Saone River, France – en plein air watercolor sketchbook painting 2009
Evening light paints the landscape orange.
Sunrise atop Mount Diablo
Simple, elegant, landscape motif
Along the Rhone River, France 2009 – en plein air watercolor sketch
Mount Diablo after the fire – September 2013

Published by Chris Carter

The organic shapes of the figure are forever changing as a body moves through space catching and reflecting light as it transforms through the shadows of its environment. Even at rest, the figure inspires variations of form and color as it moves slowly with each inhalation of breath. I am driven by my attempt to capture the energy of movement in pencil and paint. Watercolor allows me to explore unknown territory from which I extract the suggestion of one or more figures interacting with the surrounding space. Oil paints challenge my ability to stay focused on a moment of action prolonged over a long period of execution. Pencil and ink are simply a delight, dancing across the paper as swiftly as the figure before me moves to the rhythm of the music that fills the air. Though my work is diverse, ranging from detailed landscapes to totally abstract fields of color and juxtapositions of lines and shapes, I return to the figure to regain my sense of balance and to renew my spirit. Chris Carter

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