Issue No. 18
Upcoming Workshops


July 13- 16, 2015, Prescott, AZ
August 27-30, 2015 Michigan




Interested in hosting a workshop? Contact me for details!

  
Book cover Classic Portrait Painting

    

Published by North Light Books, my new book is available in hard copy or on Kindle  

 

 

 

 

 

 




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Travel itinerary

 


Please share my travel plans if you know of friends or family in the area who may be thinking about commissioning a portrait!


Upcoming 2015 Dates
TBD: Little Rock

July,  Miami TBD

August 27-30,  Lowell, MI (Grand Rapids area)

April 29-May 3, Atlanta, GA

Please contact me at chris@chrissaper.com or 602-957-8107 for details or questions!


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Even though it's still 80 degrees out here in the desert, it's not too early to think about stocking stuffers and the like.

As I continue to sample different online products, i have discovered that there is not ever just one place that does it all, or that does everything equally well.. So in addition to my RedBubble Store, I've also started a stone at www.zazzle.com, where I've been delighted with the quality of many of the orders I've placed over the years ...including travel mugs, laptop sleeves and phone cases.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and I'll see you next month:)
 

Chris
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Just Delivered: "Four Children", oil 40 x 60
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And just in time for Thanksgiving! What a wonderful family, and what great kids! This was one of the most challenging portraits I've painted to date, and also one of the most fun. The parents loved loose, easy brushwork, combined with refined likenesses, and a composition evocative of a mix between John Singer Sargent and Vanity Fair:) The children are charming, funny, smart, and delightful and in the process I learned a lot about double-death chocolate cookies, the effects of radiation on germinating seeds, and  how best to send club guests running for the hills during a photo shoot:)  Thanks for everything, Mary and Frank! 
Commissioned oil portrait Chris Saper
"Four Children", oil 40 x 60

 

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"Today's Portraits: Emerging Artists and Living Masters", Portraits, Inc. and NYC's Salmagundi Club
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Last week, I was beyond pleased to attend the Portraits Inc exhibit, curated by Michael Gormley, and hosted at Manhattan's iconic Salmagundi Club. What an honor to have my portrait of Burt Silverman keeping company with works by some of the country's leading portrait artists, including Daniel Greene, John Howard Sanden, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Jamie Lee McMahan, and of course, my very own subject, Burton Silverman.
Burton Silverman and Chris saper at Salmagundi Club
Here we are in front of my painting, "Burton Silverman: American Artist", oil, 28 x 28
Portraits Inc Salmagundi show
Opening reception at the Salmagundi Club


Portrait artists John Howard Sanden and Chris Saper
With artist John Howard Sanden

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RESCHEDULED 
Workshop: Franciscan Life Process Center
August 27-30, 2015 Lowell, MI
Next summer, I'll be again conducting a 4-day portrait painting workshop that focuses on both painting skills and on the business aspects of art.

I am very excited to teach in this beautiful facility, in an equally beautiful setting - it's been years - and I mean YEARS - since I've been in the Upper Midwest for summer, and it will be a fantastic time of year.

Again, space is EXTREMELY limited. I do not take more than 12 students in my workshops; every one of my students deserves a lot of personal attention, and I don't believe that can be accomplished with a larger student group.

Details to follow:)