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Biography
Christopher Copeland was born in St Paul, Minnesota. Having been raised in rural Washington county, he grew accustomed to open and serene landscape. This is where he first developed his interest in the subject matter that is the emphasis of his paintings today. A 1983 Graduate of the College of Visual Arts in St Paul, in addition to his exhibits in the Twin Cities, Copeland has exhibited his work in New York, Boston, Ohio, as well a displayed in galleries in Seattle, Scottsdale and Santa Fe.
While the hayfields, river valleys and farmsteads have continually provided inspiration for his work, he has painted a variety of landscapes, often traveling to the north shore of Minnesota and to locations such as Washington state, New Mexico and Northern Arizona.
Included among the Nineteenth Century representational artists whose work are an influencing factor, the American Impressionists, notably Willard Metcalf and John Twachman, Tonalists George Inness and Dwight William Tyron, American painter Winslow Homer and Russian master Isaak Levitan.
Painting outdoors on location, Copeland's main concern is to record nature's transient moments where the light is fleeting and most effective. 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.
Statement
My artistic vision begins working from direct observation, outdoors, under the prevailing light conditions. Setting up my easel before the landscape allows me to transcribe the atmospheric conditions and quality of light to best express my vision.
What I'm after is to capture an essence of the place, to absorb it, so as to evoke upon the viewer a remembered and emotional sensation, a sense of place, time and season. The captivation with the landscape has been the main focus of my work. I favor a landscape free of human presence, suggested but not visible. I seek a subjective interpretation of nature, a painting of subtle connotations that strike a balance between abstraction and representation.
With an aesthetic and tonal approach, I seek to record a poetic and contemplative mood. Nature's transient moments, a landscape bathed in and atmosphere of light, shadow and tonal color.
The Composition of the paintings are constructed in a matter to balance an arrangement of elements and forms, transforming the design into a unified spacing of shapes and pattern. The components of light, Value, color and form become interacting principles to the composition. My preoccupation with the drawing lies not in the literal associations, but in pictorial possibilities. It is in the implied sense of the subject I try to convey, not directly expressed.
I routinely create a series of paintings with a similar motif. Typically these are of a scene or place I have painted many times. These sequences of paintings depict varied light and weather conditions. I work in this method to convey a sense of place and capture a timeless quality of the scene.
I continue to be compelled and inspired by the masters of landscape painting, particularly Isaak Levitan, Winslow Homer, Walter Launt Palmer, Emil Carlsen and Willard Metcalf. I find a connection and kindred spirit with these painters that provide a stimulus and parallels for my purpose and career as an artist.
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