I make art to make sense of the world around me, to navigate and process, to remember and investigate. My traditional painting work is based in photography, which I view as a sort of time loop- painting as a way of extending time and existing longer in a brief moment.

My work is in dialogue with European and American painting history- the romantic painting tradition of the late 19th century- people like Thomas Cole, Bierstadt and Church and their connection to the spiritual in nature. I think about their connection to the New England painters Homer, Wyeth and Hopper- artists whose work lives, for me, in this liminal space between reality, memories, and dreams.

Chris Faust was born in Waterbury, Ct. He received his BFA from Mass. College of Art in 1989 and an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2013. He is a 1997 recipient of a Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant and a Mass. Cultural Council Grant in 2010. His work is in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Fidelity Investments, Wellington Management and other private collections. He is represented by BK Projects, Watertown, MA.