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Chris Welch

@cwvisuals.bsky.social

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Artist from Barbados www.cwvisuals.com

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Apr 17

Dreadful Cacophony series 10 on the wall and 4 on the floor. Grove Gallery, Limegrove mall, Barbados.

#art #barbados #artgallery #neoexpressionism #painting #mixedmedia #paintings

Two large neoexpressionist paintings in an art gallery, one hung on the wall and one on the floor.

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · 1d

Nasty Work #art #neoexpressionism #painting #mixedmedia #oilstick #artbrut

Neo expressionistic mixed media face painted on the side of a bus shelter. Traffic blurs past on both sides.

Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · May 26

Testing my interactive installation before the opening reception #art #generativeart #interactiveart #creativecoding #newmedia #newmediaart #artgallery

Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · May 4

Details #wip #art #painting #collage #studio #acrylicpaint #artbrut #spraypaint

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · May 3

bbc.com/culture/arti...

'Clothes can contain a lot of emotion': How black men have used flamboyant fashion to express pride and resistance

This year's Costume Institute spring exhibition and Met Gala are honouring black "dandy" style, and the tradition of bold tailoring worn by black men that has made a statement.

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Apr 27

edition.cnn.com/2025/04/27/s...

Forgers and fraudsters trusted him for decades — but he was an undercover FBI art detective | CNN

A founding member of the FBI’s Art Crime Team, Ronnie Walker’s elaborate sting operations often saw him posing as a dealer, authenticator or buyer of stolen paintings.

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Apr 26

Cheers!

Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Apr 26

Work in progress... spray paint, acrylic paint, and oil sticks

#art #wip #artbrut #colorful #neoexpressionism #painting #mixedmedia #paintings #abstractart

Colorful neoexpressionistic portrait made up of text. Acrylic paint, spray paint and oil sticks on canvas.

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Apr 19

www.quantamagazine.org/to-make-lang...

To Make Language Models Work Better, Researchers Sidestep Language | Quanta Magazine

We insist that large language models repeatedly translate their mathematical processes into words. There may be a better way.

www.quantamagazine.org

Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Apr 17

Dreadful Cacophony series 10 on the wall and 4 on the floor. Grove Gallery, Limegrove mall, Barbados.

#art #barbados #artgallery #neoexpressionism #painting #mixedmedia #paintings

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Apr 15

Dope!

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Apr 2

Heads series 2021

11x14 inch canvas with floating frame

#art #painting #impasto #acrylicpaint #artgallery

Textured portrait painting in a black frame, hanging in an art gallery.

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Mar 28

From the archives 2023 #art #surf #wave #photography #waterphotography #tube #shorebreak #barbados

Photo taken inside a colorful breaking wave

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Mar 27

Details #wip #art #painting #collage #studio #acrylicpaint

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Mar 25

Haha thanks! Its a detail from a larger painting with a bunch of faces :)

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Mar 25

Thanks:)

Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Mar 25

Wet paint #art #painting #abstractart #impasto #acrylicpaint

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Mar 22

Self portrait 2024

#art #painting #spraypaint #acrylicpaint #oilstick #selfportrait

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Mar 20

Studio view 2024. Dreadful Cacophony series wip

#studio #painting #art #wip

Studio view with paint and canvases, both finished and in work in progress

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Mar 19

Thanks :)

Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Mar 19

GM! Duppies series watercolor 2023

Duppy (pl. Duppies) is a word of African origin commonly used in Caribbean islands, including Barbados and Jamaica, meaning ghost or spirit.

#painting #watercolor #art #duppies

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Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Mar 18

Cheers!

Chris Welch @cwvisuals.bsky.social · Mar 18

Hello world!!! My first post on Bluesky, really thrilled to find this platform. I'm a visual artist based in Barbados, I create generative art, photography and paintings.

#photography #sunset #wave

Photo of the sunset, taken from inside the tube of a wave.

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