Chris Orr

Chris Orr was born in Islington London 1943. He is a narrative artist whose work ranges across a variety of subjects and ideas. He has a fascination with the physical and social nature of the modern city. His investigations lead him all over the place from London to Shanghai via New York, and back through Naples. He paints and draws on location as well as in the studio.  His work is packed with observed detail and incidents. He engages with contemporary life and a sense of how the past has shaped us.  He has been described as a social surrealist. What may start as a mundane observation can blossom into something very different. Those who collect his work, and there are many, talk of a life-long engagement with the world contained within his pictures.