​Chris Standora

I have been drawing since I can remember. Although my career is in public finance, and I have no formal art training, since I began oil painting in 2012, I have attended classes at the Art Student’s League of New York on a part-time basis, with instructors including Jerry Weiss, Brandon Soloff, James McElhinney and others. I am primarily interested in portraiture and figurative compositions, with an occasional landscape or cityscape. I have participated in two group shows (2012- 2013) at the Upfront Gallery in Port Jervis New York, and some of my work is held in the private collections of Stephanie Vullo, Rupert Huse, Ellen Kolodney, and others.