Chris Whitefield is a visual artist using drawing as his media. He says of his work: “Drawing has always been a part of my life. Working as a carpenter, I spend a lot of my time reflecting on the geometry of construction and the integrity of lines within structure. With my drawing, I bring my building skills into the act of drawing by constructing images line by line, exploring the space and tensions between them. The more I draw, the more types of tensions I discover. A single line can be a seismographic record of how we are always in motion; Breathing, heartbeat, mood, and overall state of mind create unavoidable fluctuations in hand drawn lines…I am a dreamer and images come to me through dreams, my work as a builder, and solo runs through nature.”

Whitefield considers himself mostly self taught. He studied briefly at C.C.A.C. in Oakland, later lithography and drawing at Instituto Allende and Bellas Artes in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and at the University of New Mexico. His work has been exhibited in the southwest United States and is the collection of the Bolinas Museum, de Young Museum, and University of New Mexico.

Whitefield lives and works in Bolinas, California.

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