Today we’d like to introduce you to Christopher Canullo.
Hi Christopher, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
Initially, I wanted to be a journalist. I had it all planned out. I was talking three languages, I was preparing to do a semester at Oxford, and afterward transfer to DC. Then, I decided to take a sculpture class as a lark. Immediately everything changed. I started studying everything I could get my hands on from ancient Sumerian sculptures to abstract expressionist paintings. I just couldn’t get enough of it. From there, I moved to an art school and began to study the full gamut of mediums. Eventually, I landed on painting and I painted on everything, glass, cardboard, corduroy, sandpaper, etc. My favorite was old sliding glass doors, but most people are hesitant to buy paintings in dilapidated, large panes of glass, go figure. Now I work on canvas, which I have learned to love.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Painting, or rather making a life as a painter, has never been easy for me. I’ve done every job under the sun apart from office work to supplement my income. Struggling hasn’t always been financial though, often when I have done the best financially I have lost my passion for creativity. There have been entire years where I’ve hardly painted at all and honestly felt as though I’ve been at the base of a cliff I did not feel like climbing. I’ve always managed to get myself to the top though some way or another and have found my understanding of my own work to grow immensely after these dry spells.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
Today I work in oils on canvas. I do a lot of commissions, portraits, landscapes, murals. My work is mostly representational. I generally work on series of paintings for several years at a time, between commissions and other projects, then as one seems to fade away another begins to form. I never stay static for very long. From what I’m told, my use of color is what draws most people to my paintings, and I find that to be a huge compliment.
Any big plans?
As far as the future is concerned, none of my plans have ever really panned out so I learned to stop making them. Maybe not so much was stopping all together as much as I have turned them into goals more than plans. Once I reach a goal, I set another and see where that takes me.
Contact Info:
- Email: christophercanullo@gmail.com
- Website: Christophercanullo.com
- Instagram: Christophercanullo
