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Pittsburgh Hockey
Everything Wine!
Pittsburgh Baseball
The Chief
Eighty-Six, Hines Ward
The Great One - Roberto Clemente
Sidney Crosby
Forty-Three, Troy
Pittsburgh Pride
Florida
Pittsburgh Football
Coach Tomlin
O.H.I.O. Pride
Luck of the Irish
Dale Jr.
Morgantown, WV
Happy Valley, PA
USMC
Oh Canada
JoePa
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| Artistic Category | artist |
|---|---|
| Career Level | Professional |
| Experienced With | Speaking engagements, Public art, Lectures, Leading workshops, For-hire services, Commissions, Collaboration, Teaching engagements |
Each original collage is drawn freehand with fine, black art pens on high quality bond. The entire processes takes approximately 3 months elapsed time and 60 to 70 hours of drawing time. It’s just me, a pen and a piece of paper. My favorite media is pen and ink. Collages have always interested me. I like being able to hide things in plain site. I like to be able to tell an in depth story through smaller images, in the shape of the overall and prominent image. I like to draw pieces that make people think, intrigue the viewers mind, and hold attention. I don’t want people just to look and think “That’s kind of neat”. I want people to be to be infatuated and feel like they must pick it up and hold it to find all the images; and laugh and point as they do it. I want the viewer to think “this is the coolest thing I have ever seen”. The sole purpose of me drawing a collage is for the “wow factor” which is why I like to draw images that are a bit edgy and potentially on the racy side. So be sure to look close because you never know what you may find.
“Thank you for enjoying my artwork.” I have dreamed of the day when I could say those words as it is my life’s goal to be a full-time artist and I am grateful for everyone’s support. For as long as I can remember I have been able to look at something and recognize all that makes it whole. Over time using hundreds of images and countless pens, I put my mind to work and let my hands run free. The end result is my vision of extraordinary people, places and things. Look close and look again. Do you see what I see? By day, I work as an engineer, but thanks to many long nights and the help of my biggest fans (my wife Dawn and our devoted family) we began showing my art in 2009. The response has been humbling and truly overwhelming. With a little luck and continued support I will achieve my dream of being "Christopher Nix, Artist by day-Artist by night.” I spend months doing 'research' on my subject before a stroke hits the paper. I tend to emerge myself into one collage at a time and then suddenly it comes pouring out. I continue my research while drawing each special piece which makes the collage extremely personal. Most of the images within the master image are purely relevant to the overall vision, but some things simply make me smile, so I add them too. My first collage titled, "Pittsburgh Football" was drawn for my father as a Christmas gift in 2007. I was running low on money and wanted to give him something special. He loved the collage and so did many others. From that day forward my dreams started taking shape, piece-by-piece, just like my collages. Thank you for enjoying my work and for making Christopher’s Collages what is today, I am truly grateful.