Christopher Beaumont
Christopher "Chris" Beaumont (born Melbourne, 1961), is an Australian still life painter, influenced by Spanish masters of the early 17th century particularly Juan Sánchez Cotán and Francisco de Zurbarán. He typically works in oil paint on linen painting common vegetables or other market produce often with a dark background and modernist, post-modern elements. His paintings are in many institutional, corporate and private collections and he has had studios in various parts of Melbourne particularly St Kilda. Biography In 1983 Beaumont studied for a MB., BS. degree from the University of Melbourne (1983). In 1984, he also received a diploma in Art and Design from the Prahran College of Advanced Education, taking life drawing and painting classes with Howard Arkley. He graduated with a BFA in Painting & Sculpture from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1987. Furthermore, he holds a Graduate Diploma in Multimedia Software Development from the Swinburne University of Technology. In 1988 he participated in the large group exhibition "Site of Execution" at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. In 1989 he was a finalist in the prestigious Moet et Chandon Touring Exhibition prize, was acquired by the Margaret Stewart Endowment for the National Gallery of Victoria,