Christopher James Hoffman

Christopher James Hoffman Abstract (10-works)

Two Orbs, 2017
Drawing - Pencil on paper
Abstract
10 x 8 in
$185
HOFC17723

Thinking of Wall Reliefs, 2017
Drawing - Pencil on paper
Abstract
10 x 8 in
$185
HOFC17722

Untitled, 2017
Drawing - Watercolor pencil on paper
Abstract
10 x 8 in
$185
HOFC17721

Untitled, 2017
Drawing - Graphite on Paper
Abstract
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17719

Untitled, 2017
Painting - Watercolor on paper
Abstract
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17714

Untitled, 2017
Painting - Watercolor on paper
Abstract
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17713

Untitled, 2017
Drawing - Chalk on black Paper
Abstract
7.5 x 9.5 in
$150
HOFC17711

Untitled, 2017
Drawing - Chalk on black Paper
Abstract
7.5 x 9.5 in
$150
HOFC17710

Color Pautone Collage, 2017
Collage - Paint samples on paper
Abstract
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17706

Christopher James Hoffman The Hindenburg Survivors

The Hindenburg Survivors, 2017
Print - Watercolor on paper
Abstract
8.5 x 11.5 in
$200
HOFC17643

Christopher James Hoffman Figurative (3-works)

Sweet Mary, 2017
Drawing - Watercolor on paper
Figurative
9 x 12 in

HOFC17317

Three Wishes, 2017
Drawing - Watercolor on paper
Figurative
8 x 10 in

HOFC17315

Loving is so Aspiring, 2017
Drawing - Watercolor and pencil on paper
Figurative
9 x 12 in

HOFC17314

Christopher James Hoffman Imaginary Exteriors (3-works)

Untitled, 2017
Drawing - Graphite on Paper
Imaginary Exteriors
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17717

Untitled, 2017
Drawing - Graphite on Paper
Imaginary Exteriors
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17716

Untitled, 2017
Drawing - Graphite on Paper
Imaginary Exteriors
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17715

Christopher James Hoffman Landscape (10-works)

Buffalo Lake #1, 2017
Print - Graphite on Paper
Landscape
4.5 x 6.5 in
$75
HOFC17668

Kings Point Buffalo Lale, 2017
Drawing - Graphite and Marker on paper
Landscape
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17667

Sturgis Park Buffalo, 2017
Drawing - Watercolor and pencil on paper
Landscape
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17666

Kings House #2, 2017
Drawing - Graphite on paper
Landscape
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17665

Kings House Buffalo Lake, 2017
Drawing - Graphite on paper
Landscape
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17664

Corn Field Near Buffalo, 2017
Drawing - Graphite on paper
Landscape
8 x 10 in
$185
HOFC17662

Buffalo Lake, 2017
Print - Graphite on Paper
Landscape
4.5 x 6.5 in
$75
HOFC17661

Red / Green Kings House, 2017
Print - Watercolor pencil on paper
Landscape
4.5 x 6.5 in
$75
HOFC17660

Buffalo Lake Near Montzka's, 2017
Drawing - Graphite on paper
Landscape
8 x 10 in

HOFC17659

View From Apartment in Buffalo, 2017
Drawing - Graphite on Paper
Landscape
8 x 10 in

HOFC17657

Christopher James Hoffman Non-Referential (5-works)

Untitled, 2017
Painting - Oil on Canvas
Non-Referential
30 x 40 in
$850
HOFC17290

Untitled, 2017
Painting - Oil on Canvas
Non-Referential
30 x 40 in
$1,000
HOFC17286

Mountain gems, 2017
Painting - Oil on Canvas
Non-Referential
66 x 44 in
$2,500
HOFC17282

Untitled, 2017
Painting - Oil on Canvas
Non-Referential
44 x 66 in
$3,500
HOFC17281

Scully's boat ladder, 2017
Painting - Oil on Canvas
Non-Referential
77 x 47 in
$3,500
HOFC17278

Christopher James Hoffman Portraits (20-works)

Mary Texting, 2017
Painting - Oil on Canvas
Portraits
12 x 9 in
$175
HOFC17735

Curiosty, 2017
Drawing - Graphite on Paper
Portraits
10 x 8 in
$185
HOFC17701

Really Really Long Neck, 2017
Drawing - Graphite on Paper
Portraits
10 x 8 in

HOFC17695

Rachael Reading, 2017
Drawing - Watercolor on paper
Portraits
10 x 8 in

HOFC17692

Green Portrait Outline, 2017
Drawing - Watercolor on paper
Portraits
10 x 8 in
$185
HOFC17691

Women Reclining, 2017
Print - Graphite on Paper
Portraits
7.5 x 9.5 in
$150
HOFC17671

Memories of Crazy Women, 2017
Drawing - Charcoal on paper
Portraits
14 x 11 in

HOFC17670

The Unknown Professor, 2017
Print - Watercolor pencil on paper
Portraits
11.5 x 8.5 in
$200
HOFC17641

Benjamin Moore, 2017
Collage - Mixed Media
Portraits
18 x 14 in
$285
HOFC17640

Unknown Women From Fort Collins Returns, 2017
Print - Mixed media on paper
Portraits
11.5 x 8.5 in
$200
HOFC17637

Genghis Khan, 2017
Print - Mixed Media
Portraits
11.5 x 8.5 in
$200
HOFC17632

Christopher James Hoffman Rachael Reclining 1

Rachael Reclining 1, 2017
Drawing - Watercolor pencil on paper
Portraits
14 x 18 in
$285
HOFC17628

Christopher James Hoffman Eileen Hoffman

Eileen Hoffman, 2017
Drawing - Mixed Media
Portraits
18 x 14 in
$285
HOFC17627

Christopher James Hoffman Rachael Being Suspicious

Rachael Being Suspicious, 2017
Drawing - Watercolor and pencil on paper
Portraits
18 x 14 in
$285
HOFC17623

Gay - Time TV, 2017
Drawing - Watercolor on paper
Portraits
18 x 14 in
$285
HOFC17620

Christopher James Hoffman Rachael_s Warrior

Rachael's Warrior, 2017
Drawing - Watercolor pencil on paper
Portraits
18 x 14 in
$285
HOFC17618

Christopher James Hoffman Rachael Sleeping

Rachael Sleeping, 2017
Drawing - Watercolor pencil on paper
Portraits
18 x 14 in
$285
HOFC17615

Christopher James Hoffman Person Using Ipad

Person Using Ipad, 2017
Drawing - Watercolor pencil on paper
Portraits
18 x 14 in
$285
HOFC17614

Christopher James Hoffman Sketchbook Stuff

Sketchbook Stuff, 2017
Print - Mixed media on paper
Portraits
11.5 x 8.5 in
$200
HOFC17616

Christopher James Hoffman _The 50_s Were The Best_

The 50's Were The Best, 2017
Print - Mixed media on paper
Portraits
11.5 x 8.5 in
$200
HOFC17607

Christopher James Hoffman self-portrait (1-work)

Christopher James Hoffman Self Portrait Life Hurts

Self Portrait Life Hurts, 2017
Print - Oil on paper
self-portrait
11.5 x 8.5 in
$200
HOFC17621

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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