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THE PROOF: CHRIS WILLIAMS

Christopher Williams is a self-taught East Vancouver based artist focusing on drawing and illustration but with experience in multiple media including painting, sculpture and installation work.

Christopher Williams is a self-taught East Vancouver based artist focusing on drawing and illustration but with experience in multiple media including painting, sculpture and installation work. His recent work melds hard-line tattoo styles with surreal, pop-culture, sci-fi 50's Americana and Japanese era Ukiyo-e prints. Other work includes custom portraiture, album covers and promotional poster illustration. He has a passion for film, whiskey, fine cheeses and copic markers. He has shown work in Canada and internationally and is self-represented.

The Proof

1. My Studio. Given that I work from home I spend most of my day in this space- it's where the magic happens. It's clean right now.

2. Alexis. My muse, my travel companion, the beauty that keeps me focused and driven and the love of my life. She likes birds and other cute creatures.

3. Sakura the cat, he works from home as well so our paths often cross. He's great for nuzzling and chasing around the house when I can't think of something to do.

4. Vietnam, Cambodia, LA, New York... It's been a busy year. I live to travel as much as I do to make art. This is Lexy and I in front of ruins near Angkor Wat in Cambodia. That tree blew my mind.

5. Rock, metal, indie, industrial... Music and live shows provide me with a great deal of inspiration, especially given that my work is often album covers and posters. This is my good friend Tim from Vancouver's own Left Spine Down partying  with me after a show in New York.

6. As well as music, film and media arts are a passion of mine. I often watch and review 10 films or more a week. This keeps me busy and my mind stimulated.

7. The macabre figures frequently in my work. Heavy metal demons, skulls, zombies, horrific images and icons. I can draw and paint "pretty" pictures as well, but I really don't all that often. This skull is displayed on a pedestal set back in an alcove in my media room.

8. I really like to read.

The Questions

What neighbourhood do you live in?

I currently live in East Vancouver just off Kingsway, i'm not sure of the neighbourhood past Cedar Cottage but not as far as Collingwood.

What do you do and where?

I'm a self-employed illustrator and designer focusing on Album Covers, Posters and T-Shirt Design.

I'm currently working on finding more work, but just finished a commission for a New Years Party Poster for the Rickshaw Theatre.

What are you working on?

Album covers for local bands The Cash Grabs, and Marble Rye, poster and promo work for Three Inches of Blood, and Left Spine Down. I'm not currently showing work in any Vancouver galleries but have shown in Dadabase, Gem Gallery, Ayden Gallery, Misanthropy (RIP), Blim, Antisocial, and The Butchershop Gallery. Also in the US and the UK.

Where can we find your work?

Find me at: chris-williamsart.com - or on Facebook for more up to date postings and free print giveaways.