"Bringing the Museum to You"

By permission of the artist, The Cyber Art Show is pleased to feature the second of two 12-piece Exhibitions of works by American contemporary Impressionist painter Christopher Copeland (born 1961 in St. Paul, Minnesota).

 

A 1983 graduate of the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, Minnesota, Christopher has participated in numerous exhibitions beginning in 1986. In addition to his exhibits in Minneapolis and other Minnesota communities, Copeland has exhibited his work in New York, Boston and Ohio, as well as fielding gallery displays in Seattle, Scottsdale and Santa Fe.

 

Painting outdoors on location, Copeland's main concern has been to record nature's transient moments. Using loose-but-controlled brushwork, he works quickly to capture the atmospheric effects of light, shadow and color as they play on the land. Both emotional and expressive in content, his work is a testament to the mysterious beauty of nature.
 

Included among the artists to whom he pays homage are the American Impressionists: Willard Metcalf, John Twachtman, tonalists George Inness, Dwight William Tryon and painters Winslow Homer and George Bellows.

 

Christopher’s pastels may be found in corporate collections such as Marshall Fields, Mayo Clinic and Cargill Corporation. In 2007 he was the recipient of Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship Grant.