Chris Fabbri (born Christopher Fabbri) in the Fall of 1973, is a contemporary North American painter originally from Chelsea, Massachusetts.
He paints one of a kind impressionable photo-realism paintings dating
back from the late 1980's, to the present day. He paints with acrylics,
oils or watercolors, brushing varnish on canvas, wood and paper.
Fabbri studied painting at New England School of Art & Design earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Suffolk University in Boston 1996, focusing on figurative life drawing, meditative painting and practicing concept and image development. Before
attending artschool, he was trained in alla prima plain air landscape
painting, from inspirational summer vacations to southern Maine to
visit family. He is the grandson of a late Painter/Sculptor, Joseph 'Febo' Fabbri (1911-1996), a designer/illustrator in Northern Italy in the mid-1920's.
Christopher Fabbri relocated to the east bay of Northern California in
1999 and was elected a best selling painter on the internet in 2000 by PaintingsDirect, Inc. Fabbri has been known to paint portraits of
celebrities, musicians and influential figures. He paints and draws
portraits, still-lives, landscapes, abstractions and illustrations.
Fabbri is also a poet, sculptor, muralist, logo creator, jewelry
designer and music collector. He has been known to show his artwork
through out Boston and San Francisco, selling landscape paintings that
he produced of
southern and northern California, mostly beach scenes and mountain
ranges. Some of his work shows fields that contain paths or picket fences,
demonstrating a hard edged abstract brush mark with a simple color
theory.
Fabbri produces artwork on an on going basis, constantly making artwork for those interested in working with him. He has Tshirts and merchandise for sale at www.cafepress.com/chrisfabbri and original artwork for sale online at www.artbreak.com/fabbri. At
one time, Fabbri had handwritten poetry in several notebooks dating
back to 1993-2007. Two books, containing over 400 pages each, are
download-able and are for sale in paper back form at www.lulu.com/fabbri.
Fabbri has donated time and art to charitable causes such as Maitri art fair supporting San Francisco's Aids foundation, Berkeley's East Bay Humane Society, Disadvantaged Children's Charity, and has been active as a teacher's assistant for Autistic children. He also sends clothes and art supplies yearly to the Aruna Children's Ministry in the Guntur District of India. Fabbri has also donated money and energy to help the Northern California Multiple Sclerosis Society and people with chronic pain disorders. Fabbri is a featured portrait painter for the abbots of the Sacred Stones Project for the renovated medieval Spanish monastery in the New Clairvaux Abbey in Vina, California.
rendition of Warhol's Marilyn Monroe, acrylic on linen
now showing at El Rincon 16th/Harrison SF
7-21 Tuesday 8pm-midnight
Golden Gate Bridge paintings, acrylic on canvas
will be showing at El Rincon 16th/Harrison SF
RipStar presents the ND Fest
8-8 Saturday 8pm-midnight
Conscious Souls, acrylic on canvas
will be showing at DNA lounge 375 11th/Harrison SF
8-16 Sunday 5:30pm Battle of the Bands
rendition of DaVinci's Mona Lisa, acrylic on canvas
now showing at El Rincon 16th/Harrison SF
8-18 Tuesday 8pm-midnight
Beastie Boys, acrylic on paper
Manet's madame, Uccello's young lady and Mancini's bearer
ink drawings on paper produced in 1995
a part of the TheOpenCase.com online journal
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, MA
Abbots of New Clairvaux, acrylic on canvas
a part of the SacredStones.org project, Vina, CA
portraits and commissions
chris@chrisfabbri.com
fabbriart@gmail.com
(925)330-6509
A great tattoo is a statement, not a style. And getting it is a
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Hemingson My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do,
where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life
when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a
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I soon will be getting my first tattoo, Yay!!!!
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"Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for those who have the vision to recognize it as such". ~ Henry Miller
HEY FABBRI I JUST RECEIVED THE PAINTING IN THE MAIL. WOW!!!! IT LOOKS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL IN PERSON. THERE ARE SO MANY COOL DEMENTIONS TO IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GOING TO GET A FRAME FOR IT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE MEASUREMENTS FOR IT WERE. IT IS REALLY LOVELY. THANKS FOR SENDING IT OVER. AND THANK YOU FOR THE MASH UP C.D'S AS WELL.!!!! WHEN I GET THE FRAME AND HANG IT I WILL SEND YOU A PICTURE OVER. THANKS AGAIN FABBRI!!!!!!!! : )