
I've been meaning to add Chris Crites as a guest sinner for a while; today I saw him on Drawn! and thought, Oops! My bad.
Chris is known chiefly for his brilliant little paintings of vintage mugshots on paper bags, although lately he's also done portraits of celebrities, a series on racism, a revisiting of the 80's, and most recently, a study on the theme of the U.S. Atomic Bomb tests and mushroom clouds (sans Silver Lining) at Victrola Coffee on 15th Ave. (Seattle) with Tim Marsden; artist reception is Thursday, June 14 from 6pm - 8pm.
He's also the curator for Joe Bar, a past Visual Listings Editor of Visual Codec, was just featured in True Eye, and is an all around swell guy! Go Chris!!!
Let Me Burn by Chris Crites 2005
Acrylic on paper bag