About the Artist
Chris Saper's portraits are
currently held in more than 280 private and corporate collections throughout the United States. 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 Books, 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), Strokes of Genius 2: The Best of Light and Shadow (click
to purchase).
Saper has two instructional DVDs available: Painting Oil Portraits in Warm Light, and Capturing the Beauty of Monochrome
Oil Portraits, both available through North Light Books' www.artistsnetwork.com
(click to purchase).
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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.
Saper is a contributor to John Howard Sanden's World of Portrait Painting, writing a regular column, "Portraiture and the
Pursuit of Excellence."
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n 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.
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.
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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