Christof's Art Newsletter

Scale isn’t just measurement—it’s behaviour.

For me, authenticity isn’t about autobiography on the sleeve; it’s about consequences visible on the surface

Every painting negotiates a treaty between chaos and control.

I don’t literally see sound, but music gives me spatial cues

I leave seams showing: brushstrokes that double back, edges that don’t align

Colour is my emotional barometer. I’m drawn to unstable harmonies—pairs that almost clash, then sing.

“Spontaneous” doesn’t mean thoughtless. I build conditions for surprise: a primed ground, a limited palette, and a loose plan for scale and rhythm....

I think of gesture as handwriting—unmistakably mine, yet changing with my mood and momentum.

Abstract Expressionism isn’t a museum piece to me—it’s a living, breathing language that still expands what painting can do. When I approach a blan...

Like having a field full of fresh snow in front of me, I want to run around and make marks but the field is so pretty under it's covering that it would seem a shame to mess it up.

Once I have a collection of composition I am happy with then I move on the adding colour. For this a love using watercolours, I enjoy the way the colours blend.

The obvious border and surrounding external edge emphasises the inner eliminates, allowing the viewer to focus on the internal structure and enter into the images as if following a path.