CONTACT
Christopher Blossom
520 Prospect, Stratford, CT 006625
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Phone: 203.375.6633

GALLERIES
Tree's Place, Orleans, MA  http://www.treesplace.com/
J. Russell Jinishian Gallery, Fairview, CT  http://www.jrusselljinishiangallery.com/

RESUME

Born 1956 Southport, CT

Education
Studies with father, David Blossom
Parsons School of Design

Selected Group Shows
2009-2010
American Legacy: Our National Parks, On Location with the Plein-Air Painters of America, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2009-2000
Prix de West, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Center, Oklahoma City, OK
2008
European Tradition, American Vision, Paintings by the Plein-Air Painters of America, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD
2007
From the Heart, Plein Air Painters of America 21st Annual Exhibition, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2007-2006
Maynard Dixon Country, Mt. Carmel, UT
2005-2004
Plein Air Painters of America, Lake Tahoe, CA
From Sea to Shining Sea
Previous years
Trinchera Ranch and Normandy, France, Forbes Gallery, New York, NY
Mystic Seaport Museum, CT
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK
Artists of America, Colorado History Museum, Denver

Publications
2005 Paul Soderberg, Masters and Mentors, Plein Air Magazine, July
2002 Christopher Blossom Premier Marine Artist
2001 Walt Reed, The Illustrator in America
2000Southwest Art, December
1998
Stephen Doherty, On Tour in Normandy, American Artist, April
Shirley Behrens, “By Land and by Sea,” Art of the West, December

Awards
2008, 2007, 2005 2001
Robert Lougheed Award, Prix de West, NCWHM, Oklahoma City, OK
1991 Gold Medal, Prix de West
1976 Scholarship Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators

Memberships
Signature Member, Plein Air Painters of America
Charter Member, American Society of Marine Artists
Society of Historical Artists
National Academy of Western Art