Christopher Jenkins

Christopher Jenkins is an American artist who specializes in transportation subjects and landscapes. He has spent nearly 30 years working in the transportation industry, so he is familiar with his favorite subject matter. He paints in a realistic style. His objective is to capture the essence of a scene or a machine, but without distracting detail. In many of the paintings, the artist has worked to create a sense of motion.
The paintings are created using a variety of high quality oil paints, brushes and other tools, including the painting knife.

The artist describes his creative process as follows: ' I begin by making several pencil sketches from different angles and distances. Once I am confident I have a solid plan, I make a more detailed sketch with appropriate shading. Then, working on a colored canvas, I begin painting, usually completing a monochrome or low saturation under-painting first, followed by layers of color, details, and lettering if needed. Because of the multiple layers involved, the elapsed time for a painting can be many months'.

The artist is an associate member of the Oil Painters of America, and an associate member of the International Society of Marine Painters, the American Society of Aviation Artists, the American Plains Artists, and the Allied Artists of America. He is listed in the World Artists Directory and by AskArt.coms Blue Book of American artists.

A painting by the artist and some biographical information was published in the November 2011 issue of American Art Collector Magazine, as part an article entitled 'Moving Masterpieces'.


Exhibitions:

The Artist's painting Thunder in Cathedral Canyon was selected for the 2011 Western Spirit Art Show at the sponsored by the Cheyenne Frontier Days Museum.
The artist's painting This Way West was included in the miniatures show held concurrently.



The artist's painting Allied-Orient Lines was selected for inclusion in the Allied Artist's of America 2009 annual exhibition at the National Art Club in New York City

Two of the artist's paintings were selected for inclusion in the International Waters Exhibit held at the Ventura County Maritime Museum in Oxnard, California August 17-September 5, 2008.

Paintings by the artist were included in the Railway Reflections International Art Expo held at the Nevada State Library Gallery in Carson City, July 17-August 17, 2008.

The artist's painting AHEAD OF THE WEATHER was selected for the Silver Anniversary Juried Show of the American Plains Artists, to be held at the Ellen Noel Art Museum in Odessa, TX June 6-July 12th 2009.

Other:
The artist's painting DAYBREAK PALMS was recently selected for inclusion in the exhibition book for the the Richeson75 2009 International Small Works competion.

The artist's painting NYC tug was awarded 7th place in the Steamship Historical Society's Art/Photo competition and appeared in
Powerships Magazine, the quarterly journal of the society.

Several of the Artist's paintings were included in the book Railway Art, published by Art Box of Tokyo, Japan


Originals:

Some originals are available. Please email me if you are interested.

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