Chris Saper

Art Instruction.

Since beginning her commission portrait painting practice in 1991, Saper has completed almost 500 commissioned portraits nationally, authored two books and filmed four DVDs on portraiture. “I love the discipline of working with clients in a shared vision of the portrait to be painted. There’s a satisfying result when I can achieve beautiful skin tones, accurate likenesses, and yet still paint a lovely piece of art.”

Chris’s instructional books include Classic Portrait Painting in Oils: Keys to Mastering Diverse Skin Tones; Painting Beautiful Skin Tones in Color and Light, For Love or Money: a Business Handbook for Portrait Painters; and Mostly Monochchrome. She has been published in The Best of Portrait Painting, Artist’s Magazine, American Artist, International Artist Magazine, Pastel Artist International, and the Pastel Journal. Her work is also included in North Light Books’ Strokes of Genius: The Best of Portrait Drawing; Strokes of Genius 2: The Best of Light and Shadow; and Drawing & Painting People: The Essential Guide, also published by North Light Books.

A native of Wisconsin, she holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts and a Master’s Degree in Health Care Administration. She has lived in Phoenix, AZ since 1977.

Fiction.

Chris's near future thriller, "Collateral Carnage", won the Reader's Favorite Five Star Award and is available here on Amazon. Her short story, "Skybox" won the 48 Hour Books Writing Contest.

Chris has co-authored her latest novel, "Jack’s Last Byline" with Minnesotan Shelley Kingrey. Shelley has written professionally as a copywriter and creative supervisor in advertising agencies, and later as creative lead in her own business. She loves writing fiction, poetry and essays—anything that has a story to tell.