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Chris Laberti is an observational painter originally from Buffalo New York

who's forever engaged by the formal possibilities of painting.

His paintings reflect his fascination with the deceptively simple interactions of color

and shape.

As Chris describes it, his paintings are recordings of sensations, of what he feels

about the things that he sees. Objects included in his still lifes are often pieces of his life. His daughter's toys, for example, might inspire a painting.

In this episode, Chris talks about painters who have influenced him, and he introduces

me to Deepincorn's 10 rules on painting.

How have I missed this?

At the time of this interview, Chris was getting ready for an exhibition at the John Natsulis

Gallery in Davis, California, which opens this week and runs through July 1st, 2017.

So in this episode, we talk about his painting process, where his imagery comes from, and we get into the nitty gritty details of

getting ready for a show. So please enjoy this conversation with Chris La Verdi.

Chris, welcome to the savvy painter podcast. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk with me.

Thank you, Antrice. Can you talk a little bit about when you started out as a painter?

Sort of give us a backstory on when you decided out as a painter, sort of give us a back story and when you decided that you were going to pursue art as a vocation?

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