Christopher James Hoffman

Christopher James Hoffman Abstract (5-works)

Women Suntanning, 2016
Painting - Oil on Masonite
Abstract
8 x 8 in
$175
HOFC17734

Painter Piano Keys, 2016
Painting - Oil on wood
Abstract
6 3/4 x 8 3/4 in
$275
HOFC17729

Untitled, 2016
Painting - Watercolor on paper
Abstract
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17709

Untitled, 2016
Painting - Watercolor on paper
Abstract
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17708

Untitled, 2016
Painting - Watercolor on paper
Abstract
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17707

Christopher James Hoffman Architecture (1-work)

Christopher James Hoffman Painted From Another Artist

Painted From Another Artist, 2016
Painting - Print
Architecture
11.5 x 8.5 in
$200
HOFC17636

Christopher James Hoffman Figurative (2-works)

The Imaginary Regal Bitch, 2016
Drawing - pen and ink wash
Figurative
8 x 10 in

HOFC17316

Victorian Princess Mary, 2016
Drawing - Graphite on Paper
Figurative
14 x 18 in

HOFC17313

Christopher James Hoffman Non-Referential (8-works)

Untitled, 2016
Painting - Oil on Canvas
Non-Referential
50 x 70 in
$2,500
HOFC17297

Caribbean Angels, 2016
Painting - Oil on Canvas
Non-Referential
40 x 60 in
$1,500
HOFC17296

Untitled, 2016
Painting - Oil on Canvas
Non-Referential
30 x 40 in
$850
HOFC17295

Rock. Paper. Scissors, 2016
Painting - Oil on Canvas
Non-Referential
30 x 40 in
$850
HOFC17294

Jill Pill, 2016
Painting - Oil on Canvas
Non-Referential
40 x 30 in
$850
HOFC17293

Untitled, 2016
Painting - Oil on canvas
Non-Referential
46 x 37 in
$850
HOFC17291

Untitled, 2016
Painting - Oil on Canvas
Non-Referential
40 x 30 in
$850
HOFC17289

Global reconsideration, 2016
Painting - Oil on Canvas
Non-Referential
54 x 66 in
$3,500
HOFC17280

Christopher James Hoffman Portraits (10-works)

Sargent's turmoil, 2016
Painting - Oil on wood
Portraits
32 x 12 x 1-1/2 in
$650 framed
HOFC17905

Angel on The Roof, 2016
Drawing - Graphite on Paper
Portraits
10 x 8 in
$185
HOFC17693

Rachael Reading #2, 2016
Drawing - Watercolor and pencil on paper
Portraits
12 x 9 in
$215
HOFC17684

Confused Curiosity, 2016
Drawing - Watercolor on paper
Portraits
8.5 x 5.5 in
$100
HOFC17682

Mystery Man, 2016
Print - Oil on paper
Portraits
11.5 x 8.5 in
$200
HOFC17626

Less Moore, 2016
Print - Oil on paper
Portraits
11.5 x 8.5 in
$200
HOFC17612

Leslie Moore, 2016
Print - Oil on paper
Portraits
11.5 x 8.5 in
$200
HOFC17610

Christopher James Hoffman Daydreaming Again

Daydreaming Again, 2016
Print - Oil on paper
Portraits
11.5 x 8.5 in
$200
HOFC17609

DaVinci Coming Through, 2016
Print - Watercolor and other mixed media on paper
Portraits
8.5 x 5.5 in

HOFC17685

Portrail Blue And Green, 2016
Painting - Oil on paper
Portraits
20 x 16 in
$300
HOFC17649

Christopher James Hoffman self-portrait (1-work)

Skinny Soul, 2016
Painting - Oil on wood
self-portrait
32 x 12 x 1-1/2 in
$650 framed
HOFC17904

Christopher James Hoffman Tornados (4-works)

Tornado Ally #2, 2016
Drawing - Charcoal on paper
Tornados
22 x 28 in
$425
HOFC17727

Tornado Ally #1, 2016
Drawing - Charcoal on paper
Tornados
22 x 28 in
$425
HOFC17726

Tornado Series #3, 2016
Drawing - Charcoal on paper
Tornados
28 x 22 in
$425
HOFC17725

Tornado Serious #4, 2016
Drawing - Charcoal on paper
Tornados
28 x 22 in
$425
HOFC17724

Christopher James Hoffman

Christopher James Hoffman Biography

Christopher James Hoffman b. 1966

1984 Graduated from Orono High School
1984-86 Bemidji State University - Fine Art
1986-87 University of Minnesota - Fine Art
1987-88 Colorado State University - Fort Collins - Fine Art
1988-89 University of Minnesota - Fine Art

The following entrepreneurial and art-related endeavors:

Hopkins Fine Art - Hopkins, MN 1986-87 - Owner - Fine Art Gallery
A Sandy Rhododendron - Sandy, Oregon 1990-2001 - Owner - Horticulture
Project Alpha, Inc. - Portland, OR 1995-2001 - Founder - Web development
Managed Artwork, Inc. Incline Village, NV - 2001- Current - Artist/Gallery Software
Hoffman Art, llc, Buffalo, MN - 2014 - Current - Owner/Founder
One Division Art, llc. Buffalo, MN - 2017 - Current - Owner/Founder

Christopher James Hoffman Statement

Forty-five years of painting and drawing have been a journey of removing "skill" from the artwork. I'm very conscious of making the work speak to me albeit listening to where the piece wants to go. Abstraction of vertical lines has been my most recent focus in which one of two things begins to surface... Landscape or Portrait. Having done literally thousands of Plein air watercolors and thousands of portraits of people that I've never met or drawn from, these two basic forms take shape without thinking. My interest is in uncovering the essence with as little skill as technically possible. I routinely paint/draw with either hand and even with my feet to remove the technical skill. I consider myself more of a medium... conduit to people and places but where the image becomes simply itself... without referring to any person or place... "self-referential". A recent quote that came to me in 2021... "Painters paint paintings that cameras can't capture".

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