Chris Harrison was born and lives in Norfolk and studied Art at Jacob Kramer College of Art & Design, Leeds, Art & History of Art BA Reading University, and then Postgraduate Art Teachers Certificate at London University Institute of Education. After a career teaching art, history of art and photography Chris went on to become a full-time painter and then from 1998-2023 to run Bircham Gallery in North Norfolk. Painting and photography have been constant personal interests.
Chris is fascinated by the interaction of natural processes operating on man-made surfaces and materials and the constant transformations that take place over time. These interactions can create unexpected and unplanned abstract images of great beauty, which by their very nature, are fleeting and temporary.