Watercolor Artist and Teacher

Chris Van Winkle is a California artist with roots in Canada. His art studies

include Ontario College of Art, Toronto; Citrus College, Glendora, CA; and the

Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, California. He has studied

extensively with Robert Hallett and with the legendary Milford Zornes. He has

studied further with Robert E. Wood, Frank Webb, George James and Henry

Fukuhara.

For the past 21 years Chris has been teaching watercolor at Citrus College. He

has conducted workshops in California, traveled and painted throughout the

United States and Canada, and has led painting trips to Spain, Holland, Britain,

Middle Europe and Russia.

He is an award-winning artist in both the National Watercolor Society and

Watercolor West, and is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, the Transparent Watercolor Society of America and the Whiskey Painters of America. Chris has served several years on the board of the National Watercolor Society, and as president for three years.

He has mounted eight one-man shows. Chris has juried many shows including the Nevada Watercolor Society, the South Bay Watercolor Society, San Gabriel Fine Arts, Watercolor West and the Arizona Watercolor Association. He has taught Yosemite and Sequoia workshops for the past 25 years. Chris was selected as one of the "top twenty" art instructors by Watercolor Magazine.

©Chris Van Winkle, 2007