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Christopher VOLPE

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Painting for me is a three-way conversation among sheer joy in the medium, the 
challenge of seeing and responding to the world in a fresh, spontaneous way, and 
the history and traditions of western art.

I moved to New England from Long Island, NY, to earn a graduate degree in poetry 

at the University of New Hampshire. I wrote poetry, worked for about 15 years as a 
professional writer, and taught college English before falling in love with American 
landscape painting while teaching a class in art history.

My work draws upon 19th-century landscape traditions, such as Barbizon and 

Tonalism, yet extends to abstraction through a contemporary sensibility. My paintings 
are exhibited and sold through regional galleries and juried shows.

I teach the history of art as an adjunct faculty member at the New Hampshire Institute 

of Art. I live in Hollis, NH, with my wife, Anna Birch, and our five-year-old son, Max.

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