Chris frequently incorporate short quotes, reflecting his belief that if approached with nuance, the combination of images and words can deepen each other, much like music and lyrics do. Locally, Chris participated in the juried Iowa Arts Festival from 2000-2007 and the Eastside Artists collective in recent years. He also had two gallery shows at CSPS in Cedar Rapids in 2018-2019. Iowa City-based musicians, Bo Ramsey and Pieta Brown own several pieces of Chris’ blues art and through their connections (and other avenues), his art is now in the collections of Lucinda Williams, John Prine, Mark Knopfler, Greg Brown, Dr. John, Eric Burdon, Dave Moore and a number of other accomplished musicians.