Christopher Volpe
Christopher Volpe began showing his work at Alpers Fine Art in 2014.
To read about the artist and his work, scroll down.
To read about the artist and his work, scroll down.
Archive of sold Christopher Volpe paintings.
These images are arranged alphabetically, by title.
These images are arranged alphabetically, by title.
Bio
Christopher Volpe is an artist, writer, and teacher
whose paintings approach nature less as a visual motif
than as a site of introspection and metaphor for intangible
feelings and ideas. His work is shown nationally and held
in the permanent collections of Smith College and the
Whistler House Museum, as well as in many hundreds
of private collections.
Grants and awards include the Saint Botolph Club Foundation,
MassMoCA/Assets for Artists, and the NH State Council on the Arts
Artist Advancement Grant. With degrees from the University of New
Hampshire and Stony Brook University, he has taught painting,
literature, mythology, and the history of art at various colleges and
universities. He writes regularly about art and artists online and off.
Statement
Art is just an attempt to create meaning, both in your own individual
life and in the lives of the people you connect with. That’s something
I’ve been trying to do as long as I can remember.
What keeps me coming back to the easel is a perpetual unrest and
an urge to be part of collective search for meaning and satisfaction.
It’s the same impulse I had as a teacher of literature – an attempt
to make some sense of what’s going on and figure out what’s important
before we die.
The paintings I love and aspire to create turn the pain and confusion of
being human into a kind of beauty that doesn’t deny the darkness or
sugarcoat reality, yet insists on a lyrical engagement, not just with the world
around us, but with the deeper mysteries of the human heart.
Christopher Volpe is an artist, writer, and teacher
whose paintings approach nature less as a visual motif
than as a site of introspection and metaphor for intangible
feelings and ideas. His work is shown nationally and held
in the permanent collections of Smith College and the
Whistler House Museum, as well as in many hundreds
of private collections.
Grants and awards include the Saint Botolph Club Foundation,
MassMoCA/Assets for Artists, and the NH State Council on the Arts
Artist Advancement Grant. With degrees from the University of New
Hampshire and Stony Brook University, he has taught painting,
literature, mythology, and the history of art at various colleges and
universities. He writes regularly about art and artists online and off.
Statement
Art is just an attempt to create meaning, both in your own individual
life and in the lives of the people you connect with. That’s something
I’ve been trying to do as long as I can remember.
What keeps me coming back to the easel is a perpetual unrest and
an urge to be part of collective search for meaning and satisfaction.
It’s the same impulse I had as a teacher of literature – an attempt
to make some sense of what’s going on and figure out what’s important
before we die.
The paintings I love and aspire to create turn the pain and confusion of
being human into a kind of beauty that doesn’t deny the darkness or
sugarcoat reality, yet insists on a lyrical engagement, not just with the world
around us, but with the deeper mysteries of the human heart.