Name: Chris Thomson-Peat Exhibitions: If you would like to display any of my work in any online exhibitions please contact me so we can work out the details |
Born in the city of Bath in the south west of England I started out with art and creative media's on and off while growing up and then put them to use when I started doing Art & Design at Culverhay School. I finished up the art course with one of the highest grades in the country and then moved onto college where I started studying Design and graphics. Over the 2 years spent learning different graphic techniques with multimedia and fine art I found my way into Photography where I felt most commutable. I have always liked being quite abstract with most of my work so mixing photos with multimedia to produce creative images as well as abstract art worked perfectly. Once I had finished up my design course I decided that Photography would be the route I would take from then on as I started out on the manual processes which included processing my own film and making my own prints. Seeing as it's much harder to get a perfect print than it is to make a perfect piece of abstract art I found I learnt more and more about how I wanted my creative pieces to be produced. While working with my photography I became a resident photographer for a small venue in Bristol called The Fleece. I worked with the Fleece on and off learning the stage lights and how to capture photos under different lighting conditions as well as meeting new people from all backgrounds. Working as a band photography for a while you soon learn that you can't plan anything you do. Nearly all the photos I have captured of the most interesting scenes have all been by chance. I have always enjoyed traveling and taking photos as well and learning new techniques, since I have worked for the Fleece I have moved on and settled down with my wife in Houston Texas. I now spend my time working on creative digital art and use a mixture of photography and illustration to create my work. As we live in a digital age deciding to go down the route of photography, photoshop and manual processes to create my work. My work tends to be very raw and unexplained as I would rather the viewer decide what my work should be rather than having to explain every single detail. The only reason I title any of my work is to give my personal opinion of what I see in the images. I don't expect everyone else to look at my work the same way I do, just because the image may have a title it doesn't always reflect what you see. |
Online Now!