Artist: Christopher Dotson | Location: Charleston, SC
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Artist: Christopher Dotson | Location: Charleston, SC
Charleston, SC
Christopher Dotson was born in Newport News, Virginia in 1972. His father worked in the shipping industry and had a deep love and respect for the sea. Christopher adopted this love for the sea and read every book and watched every show about the ocean that he could get his hands on. He grew up watching shows about sea exploration starring Jacques Cousteau, and developed his own understanding of the sea. In 1991 he became a scuba diver and logged thousands of dives throughout the Caribbean. In 1997 he joined the U.S. Coast Guard which further developed his knowledge of the ocean realm. Nine years later he left the Coast Guard to pursue his art full-time.
Christopher Dotson paints from his memory of the ocean and Nature. Most of his paintings begin as simple line drawings and develop spontaneously from there. “It is important that I see my own struggle in each painting. I like to know where I began, and where I ended up. There are many wonders in nature. And nature has always been a part of my work. Working intuitively and allowing the process to inform the outcome of each painting renders a new view of nature. It is important for me to move beyond purely visual descriptions of nature. This is my way of internalizing natural ideas and becoming a part of the natural order.” – C. Dotson