Chris Watts, Ten Pannels Interlocking Spirals, acrylic on wood, 2011
Chris Watts
For the past thirty years, Chris Watts has been working with systematically based art involving the incorporation of numbers in grids, sequences and color. The work has evolved from monochromatic pattern images, that used numerical locations and loading systems in grids, to the inclusion of a color code system influenced by esoteric ideas found in the Cabbala, Anthroposophy, and Theosophy. The additional layering of mystically inclined color on top of numerical marks, located within the gridded image field, reveals unexpected geometrical relationships. It is also hoped that the process of discovery experienced by the viewer will draw the individual into a contemplative state where other imaginations take over.
He studied at Plymouth College of Art, University of London, Goldsmith's College, and Ohio University. His work has been exhibited widely throughout the USA and Europe. Most recently his work was included in the permanent collection of the Mondriaanhuis Museum in the Netherlands.
Interim Department Chair
Professor: Painting and Drawing
E: cjwatts@wsu.edu
T: (509) 335-7107
Web: www.wsu.edu:8080/~cjwatts
Office: Room 7023
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