Christopher Koelle
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After being introduced to the world of printmaking while in college, I fell in love with the medium. Etchings, drypoints, aquatints and monotypes became the primary focus of my work, alongside drawing and painting. But I am excited by so many different media, stylistic approaches and processes that I tend to make many different kinds of imagery at any given time. The past few years I’ve found myself working within a range of subject matter, from contemplative spiritual themes to botanicals to antique bicycles to silly drawings poking fun at the internet and the people who live on it.
I was born and raised in Chicago suburbia. Making pictures with colored pencils, markers, and crayons from a very early age, I was continually encouraged by my parents to draw. Now, a husband and father, my life consists mostly of doing illustration for books, personal art, listening to music, and spending time with my amazing wife Annie and our boy Marshall. I have done illustration for clients including The Documentary Group (for the Oscar-nominated PBS documentary Operation Homecoming), Crossway Books, and Chronicle Books.
