Chris Langstroth has been a full-time artist for 20 years
after graduating from the Ontario College of Art, and later Ryerson University in Toronto, specializing in
film and photography. He has participated in numerous solo, group and juried exhibitions, and has his works
in many corporate and private collections.
Searching for the most compelling combination of imagery and abstract paint quality, the artist often makes
his work balance on the edge of abstraction and figuration.•
"This year, I have been concentrating, increasingly, on ways of representing the human figure (in whole
or part).
"I enjoy the physicality of thick paint and use knives to smear on one wet layer over another or to excavate
through existing layers.
Although I strive for a certain 'visual plausibility' in my work, representational accuracy is not my prime
objective.
The most enigmatic and interesting qualities particular to painting have to do with the transformation of
pigment in paste to an image on canvas.
I am, therefore, seeking to retain some visual evidence of the process used in making the image as a subtext
for reading or interpreting it." — Chris Langstroth
Opening reception
Saturday, Sept. 25, from 2 to 4 p.m.