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christopher
m. rutledge is considered to be a self-taught painter
and currently resides in atlanta, georgia. born on the
southside of chicago and educated at tuskegee university
and later southern illinois university at carbondale,
christopher originally studied architecture, due to
his lifelong love of drawing. he began painting in 1997
without the guidance of an art instructor. prints of
these original paintings, including his first painting
created in 1997 are available by request only. his paintings
are primarily abstract representations of real life
subjects. although he did not major in art, christopher
later took a few art courses to refine his talent and
to learn more about the fundamentals of painting. after
taking these courses he took interest in two particular
styles of painting known as ‘colorism’ due to his love
of vivid colors, and ‘abstract expressionism’ due to
his love of taking an object from reality and adding
his own ‘twist’.
in
2000 he decided to explore another facet of art by deciding
on a whim to begin writing. as a result he has written
several short fiction stories and has several full length
novels in the works. his uniquely styled paintings,
prints, and short stories are available exclusively
here at fluidpotential.com.
my
philosophy on painting:
“…i
often struggled with my decision in college not to major
in a fine arts related field. i later realized that
if i didn’t have a fulltime ‘career’ as a painter or
a fine arts related field, i would be allowed much more
freedom to ‘create’ as i please, with total freedom
to choose my own subject matter evoked from my own creative
ideas. i feel i have much more creative freedom since
i’m not an ‘assembly-line’ painter producing an enormous
volume of work that may have compromised on quality
and creativity. this approach to painting has allowed
me much more creative freedom, and not feel forced to
conform to someone else’s standard of beauty, aesthetic,
or motivated by monetary incentives. art is something
i truly enjoy and would love to share with those that
appreciate true aesthetic value and nonconforming creativity....”
be
sure to check me out at on myspace
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