Notebook
Notbook is an informal collection of ideas, paintings and photographs revealing the creative process of contemporary artist Chris Page.
Williamstown Storm Walk 07.19.2015
Williamstown Sky Walk 07.19.2014 originated from a performative walk on the grounds of the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA. Performed as a group walk on July 19, 2015, the three paintings follow the walk from the beginning until just before the end when we cut the walk short due to an incoming thunderstorm.
"We walk up the hill through the open meadow of the Clark Art Institute, aware of the thickening clouds approaching. The sounds of thunder becomes audible in the distance. Keeping our focus on the sky we make a quick accent up the hill, becoming enthralled with the diversity of cloud formations and the drama unfolding around us. Before we can luxuriate in the experience, we make our way down the hill seeking shelter under a protective roof to watch the torrential rain."
2015 acrylic on archival pigment print 8.5 x 11 inches (each)
Taunton River Flow Moments Layered
18x24 inches, acrylic on paper
Wind Awareness While Trying to listening to Spring Peepers—drawings I&II
05.03.2024
graphite on digital spectrogram prints 17 x 11 inches
04.30.2024
graphite on digital spectrogram prints 17 x 11 inches
Taunton River Ritual Combine
Two seperate sketches with accidental layer that found new life when combined.
text:
River Ritual
To The Ocean
Witnessing
Sacred Movement
Ephemeral …
Drawings August 2024
August 14, 2024
August 13 & 14, 2024
pencil on yupo; 5x7 inches
August 13, 2024
pencil on yupo; 5x7 inches
August 12, 2024
pencil on yupo; 5x7 inches
Remembering—Walking in Fog, Remembering
Two disparate images I combined together in the studio; 8x5x11 inches, acrylic on laser prints 2022, 2023
Early Walking the Seaweed Line Paintings
Walking the Seaweed Line—Phototographs with Painted Transformations 09.2023
Seaweed Flow Rhythms 08.06.2023
Wave Drawings 03.2023
Painting Stripes-Counting Waves and Remembering Minimalist Process Art Practice
1980’s Red Stripes | White Stripes with Pthalo Green Sheet, 22 x 15 inches each sheet 22 x 120 inches as shown
The work above still haunts me though at the time I didn’t know how to move it forward- in light of the current wave series this feels important in 2023.
2022 Horseneck Wave Drawings 5.13.2022 6x8 inches
spectrogram drawing of waves -graphite on digital image of spectrogram recordings 8.5 x 11 inches each
Forest Gates Quietude 2019—cropped 03.2023
Studio Provocations
2015 & 2020
2020
Folded Fields with Linear Drawing 2004
Folded paper creating geometric planes with different densities of color in each and then drawing within and across the resulting fields
Chladni & Blue Sound Pairing 2023
Archival pairings 2023
Pencil drawings from sometime in 2019
Seeing-Hearing-Counting 5.22.2022 4:46–5:28 pM Horseneck Beach Witnessing
Digital images from 5.5x8.5 inch sketchbook
Print size 11x17. inches (2 sheets combined) laser print on copy paper