Chris Wilson Studio Information

Directing and production design for animation + live action films. Wilson recognizes the whimsical nature of everyday life and captures it in mixed-media drawings. The American-born artist, is the illustrator of books, countless comic magazines, short-animated films, and stories from our childhood. Wilson’s intricate lines and loose strokes of layered watercolors are multidimensional and luminous, like a lucid dream. Subtle movement, seductive curves, and fluid gestures define a technique that is simultaneously timeless and contemporary, ethereal but grounded in personal and corporeal subjects. The CalArts taught artist demonstrates tremendous finesse through his acute attention to detail. Fastidiously designed intricacies, a birds from deep in the jungle, angels, and hidden worlds of nature, give texture to his canvas. Studying under E. Michael Mitchell and Corny Cole III, while earning a BFA in Character Animation from Disney’s CalArts. Wilson has developed a signature style. Ink seeps across surfaces, with light and pigment seemingly coming from within the figures themselves. His vibrant illustrations are mysterious and intimate. Graceful animals and lines capture the fleeting but extraordinary moments in nature. The result is nothing less than enchanting. The prolific artist has also successfully collaborated with clients such as Swarovski, DoD, Disney Imagineering, and Sony. Wilson was has been in publications such as Beautiful Decay, Juxtapoz and was nominated for a Princess Grace Award. Chris Wilson currently lives in San Diego, California.