March Spotlight: Chris Shreve - Artist

The Spotlight Series is a collection of portraits dedicated to shine light on local Bellingham residents. Usually they're up to some way cool stuff.  :)

I met Chris Shreve during my Bellingham Starbucks days.  Often he'd come in and create drawings that were spectacular.

A glimpse at his bio gives you a taste of why he does what he doe.

AS A CHILD I loved to draw.  I would come often to my mother with the same question: “What can I draw?”  Her response was always the same, “Draw a bed and climb in it.”    When I think of these words now I am struck with the profundity and power they can hold if cared for properly.  I believe that we literally have the ability to pull from the invisible and shape the visible.  Imagination and creativity have power to “bring into being”. To incarnate.  Painting has allowed me to conceive of a thing and watch it grow flesh.  The sketchbook and the easel have become for me an altar for prayer and meditation, for confession and struggle and a place for ugliness to be confronted by grace and beauty.  It has become a place to make my bed and lay in it.

Chris' work is currently being shown at Works On Canvas here in Bellingham until the 27th of this month.  Get out there and see his work!