CHILDREN ADULTS & TEENS ABOUT THE ARTIST PROCEDURE & FEES EVENTS & WORKSHOPS BOOKS CONTACT HOME		About the Artist Chris Saper's portraits are currently held in more than 250 private and corporate collections throughout fourteen states and Canada. A member of the Palette & Chisel Academy in Chicago, the Pastel Society of America, and the American Society of Portrait Artists, Saper has exhibited at the US Senate Rotunda, The Salmagundi Club, The National Arts Club in New York City, Vermont's Bennington Center for the Arts, and numerous venues throughout the southwest. Author of North Light Book’s, Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color & Light (click to purchase at Amazon.com) and For Love or Money: A Business Handbook for Portrait Painters (click to purchase) , Saper has also been published in The Best of Portrait Painting, American Artist Magazine, Artist's Magazine, Pastel Journal, and Pastel Artist International and International Artist Magazines. Her work is also featured in North Light Books' Strokes of Genius: The Best of Drawing (click to purchase); and Drawing & Painting People: The Essential Guide (click to purchase). In May of 2005, "Mayra" received a Certificate of Excellence from the Portrait Society of America. In February, 2003, three of Chris Saper's portraits took awards at the San Francisco Portrait Arts Society Annual Competition: People's Choice, Third Place, and Honorable Mention. Other recent awards include First Place, West Coast Society of Portrait Artists; the Pastel Society of America's Oregon Society and Mrs T. C. Digiovanna Awards; American Artists' Professional League's Director's Award, and Silver Medal, International Association of Pastel Societies. Saper's work is also the subject of a one-hour television program, which continues to air regularly on Phoenix Cable television. Saper is a contributor to John Howard Sanden's World of Portrait Painting, writing a regular column, "Portraiture and the Pursuit of Excellence." In addition to her full-time commissioned portrait practice, Saper is an active speaker, demonstrator and instructor, teaching regularly at both the Scottsdale Artists' School and at the Mountain Artists' Guild in Prescott AZ. Since becoming a faculty member of the Portrait Society of America in 2006, Chris has participated at the PSA's annual meeting, "The Art of the Portrait", in the capacity of demonstrator, panelist on topics of interest, portfolio critiques, and book signings. In the fall of 2007, Chris conducted a demo and workshop for the Society's Academy, held at the San Francisco Academy of Art University. Chris Saper has studied with noted portraitists including Bettina Steinke, Burton Silverman, Harley Brown, William Whitaker, Daniel Greene, Phil Beck and Dan Gerhartz. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts and a Master's Degree in Health Care Administration.
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