Christopher McCann
Biographical Info Chris McCann is a Chicago-based painter working in symbolic abstraction. His paintings begin as images from dreams and non-ordinary states of consciousness that find their way onto canvas. The work draws from a recurring vocabulary of birds, skulls, figures, celestial forms, and unfamiliar landscapes to explore memory, mortality, inheritance, and the limits of what can be explained. Working primarily in oil paint and oil stick, he builds layered surfaces through accumulation, erasure, and revision, allowing each painting to retain the history of how it was made.
Artist Type painter
Location Chicago
Short Description I make paintings from images that stay with me after dreams and non-ordinary states of consciousness. My work gives form to things I don’t fully understand and may not be meant to explain.
Instagram https://instagram.com/chrismccann.co
Art01
IMG_5509.jpeg
Art01 Caption First oil in 30 years winter ‘25
Art02
IMG_5517.jpeg
Art02 Caption Spring ‘25
Art03
IMG_5512.jpeg
Art03 Caption Summer ‘25
Art04
IMG_5513.jpeg
Art04 Caption Fall ‘25
