“Broadhurst has chosen to set himself apart from the socially conscious art that typifies the current art scene. He prefers to search for fresh interpretations and visual challenges while utilizing conventional subject matter and borrowing from formal practices of early modernism”
Mary Jo Hughes
Christopher Broadhurst was born in London, England in 1953 and moved to Canada in 1954.
Broadhurst graduated in Fine Art from Queen’s University, Kingston in 1977. He became an instructor of drawing and painting in the Department of Art at the University. Christopher has since remained in eastern Ontario, living and working in a 19th century limestone farmhouse set in a two-acre garden of his making, within the village of Tamworth. He has pursued a highly successful professional art practice for over 40 years.
“Broadhurst has chosen to set himself apart from the socially conscious art that typifies the current art scene. He prefers to search for fresh interpretations and visual challenges while utilizing conventional subject matter and borrowing from formal practices of early modernism” Mary Jo Hughes
Working in oils with an intense keyed palette, Broadhurst incorporates references to his passionate interest in Classical music, literature and Eastern textiles and design. His canvases present a joyous, celebratory, view that is compelling, contemporary and utterly sincere.
Chris has had a number of highly successful solo exhibitions at ArteMbassy Gallery since 2015. Prior to ArteMbassy, he exhibited with The Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, Lydon Fine Art, Chicago, Ill., Edward Day, Gallery One and Gallery Quan in Toronto. Over the past few years, he has taught regularly both in the ArteMbassy Studio and in his beautiful garden in Tamworth.
His work is included in numerous public, corporate and private collections in Canada and across North America including American Express, McCarthy and McCarthy and KPMG.
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