About Christopher Volpe

My name is Christopher Volpe. I’m an artist, writer, teacher and the editor of INSIDE ART. My first love was literature, and I taught and wrote professionally until a chance assignment to teach art history introduced me to American oil painting. I bought a set of paints and didn't look back, and though I’ve spent the last ten years as a professional artist, I’m still exploring and discovering new mediums, techniques, and creative approaches to making and looking at art.

Lessons from Delacroix

French painter Eugene Delacroix’s (1798 – 1863) work epitomizes the setting-free of painting from the strict classical ideals of the Academy that had come before. From an artist’s inside view, we can see Delacroix’s technique [...]

By |2024-12-03T12:18:33-05:00December 3rd, 2024|

Signs and Wonders

"Philosophy begins in wonder," Plato said. I love that, because it reminds us to be surprised by the wonderful things in the world before we get caught up in trying to figure out what anything [...]

By |2024-11-21T14:56:07-05:00November 21st, 2024|

Get Creative!

“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.” ― Gustav Mahler As an artist, it's a given that you’ll spend many hours learning, both through study and through trial and error, the [...]

By |2024-11-19T11:25:37-05:00November 19th, 2024|
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