MOMENTS CAPTURED IN “TOWNS & CITIES” AT LOST PINES ART CENTER
Featured Artist Chris Chappell Exhibit April 18th to June 18th
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Opening Reception May 4th, from 5:30 to 7:30pm
BASTROP, TX, May 1, 2019 – Chris Chappell is an unconventional historian, in that he only records a
brief moment of history in his paintings. Yet, there are lifetimes of stories told in that captured
moment. From April 18th through June 18th you can experience these stories through Featured Artist
Chris Chappell’s exhibit “Towns & Cities” exclusively at the Lost Pines Art Center in Bastrop, TX.
As observer, you’ll stand witness to generations of family gatherings in his painting of an Austin home.
Sense the anticipation of the treasures waiting to be purchased at the department store in his painting
of the Wilson Building in Dallas. Feel the frenzy and excitement of daily high-rise living in his painting of
the Monarch Building in Austin.
Visitors will have the opportunity to meet Chris Chappell at the opening reception for “Towns & Cities”
on Saturday, May 4th from 5:30-7:30pm at the Lost Pines Art Center, located at 1204 Chestnut Street in
Bastrop, Texas. Wine and refreshments will be served.
Chappell studied art at the American College of the Applied Arts in Atlanta, Georgia. Initially his
regiment of daily paintings concentrated on made up spaces and invented landscapes. However, in the
last few years his paintings have found a new focus. It seems only a natural evolution for an artist who
brings forth the emotional elements in the landscape of apartment complexes and suburban
developments, to move onward to the landscape of the human figure. Chappell is a founding members
of the Austin Figurative Project. He has studied the human form and continues to make and break the
rules of painting in an effort to capture the essence of life that only the combination of turpentine and
paint can achieve.
For more information about Chris Chappell’s exhibit “Towns and Cities” or the Lost Pines Art Center
please visit our website at www.lostpinesartcenter.org
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The Lost Pines Art Center is a gem of culture and fine art hidden away in historic downtown Bastrop,
Texas. A modern and spacious art gallery, it is home one-of-a-kind fine art exhibits by mostly local and
regional artists, in-residence artist studios, a sculpture garden, as well as a variety of classes and
workshops, and host to exclusive events.