Christopher Sharits

Artist Bio:

My strongest influences are abstract expressionist artists from Vincent Van Gogh to Wassily Kandinsky to Jackson Pollock, and, of course, my late father, Paul Sharits.

If one is bent on classifying my work, I would suppose the Emotional Expressionism fits. Every painting or work that I do is an expression of my emotions and very personal.

Claude Monet once said in terms of his work that it's less important to understand than simply to love. Jackson Pollock said there are no mistakes in abstract art. These two simple statements open up a world of artist freedom for me. 

Obviously, I find it validating when people enjoy my work even when they don't know why. Some people don't get it and may even dislike the work, but, in the end, I have still invoked emotion and my job is done.