{"id":7847,"date":"2023-08-03T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T18:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leducartandantiques.com\/?p=7847"},"modified":"2023-08-03T14:53:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T18:53:25","slug":"chris-mcgovern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leducartandantiques.com\/chris-mcgovern\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;An Impressionist\u2019s Footprints&#8221; by Chris McGovern"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7847\" class=\"elementor elementor-7847\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dc5964 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7dc5964\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed922fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed922fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chris McGovern<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d09bf8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6d09bf8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dc2614 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8dc2614\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"An Impressionist\u2019s Footprints\"<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b278bf4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b278bf4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ab415e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ab415e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>We are pleased to present you Chris McGovern of Worcester and his fresh, colorful and dreamy paintings. They are not to be missed.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A native of Saugus, Massachusetts, Chris, earned a BFA in Photography from MassArt in Boston.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fresh out of college, Chris joined the corporate world, successfully building a banking and credit counseling career. While working in finance, mostly to satisfy his desire for a certain lifestyle, his interest in arts and crafts persisted. Whether he made Clear Toy Candies, music, or quilting, or home renovation and redesign, artmaking became the creative outlet that cheered him up, boosted his energy, and simply made him feel good.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d5cce7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d5cce7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de10790 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"de10790\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image 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In 2013 he heard a new creative calling. It was painting. He bought his first brushes, oil, and canvas. That was a beginning of a new journey.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At first, his brush produced a lot of angry, red-eyed stark white faces on dark heavy large backgrounds. Though, a couple of years into painting Chris developed his own style, and his earlier angry faces morphed into colorful, expressive, and positive artworks.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016 Chris started his FB page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paintingsbymccgovern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cPaintings by McGovern\u201d<\/a>, which with time gained a lot of followers. 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