Artist Bio

A native Texan, Chris Hunt has been demonstrating raw artistic talent from a very young age through sketches and drawings of anything that caught his eye. Raised by a single father, who was a hard working carpenter that didn't have much time for art appreciation, Chris's artistic talents were recognized for nothing more than a hobby and was never encouraged to pursue it further, but he never put down his pencil. He continued to draw and even taught himself how to play guitar and write country songs while pursuing other activities that interested him. Sports became his passion, playing everything from soccer to racing bikes on the national circuit. He even found time to ride saddle bronc and bareback horses on the local Texas Rodeo Circuit.

Chris joined the Air Force in 1993 and found himself stationed in Spangdahlem, Germany, which was only three hours from Paris and the Louvre Museum. Being from a small Texas town, Chris had never heard of the Louvre and the only thing he knew about Paris was the Eiffel Tower, so he didn't know what was in store when he decided to go and check it out one weekend. Needless to say, he saw the Eiffel tower, but when he paid his entry into the Louvre, the artwork he saw was more than he could have ever imagined. His experience in Europe and the Masterpieces that filled the Louvre and Rodin's museum left an impression on Chris that made him dream of artistic achievement.

After the Air Force, Chris returned home to find that there wasn't much work in the small town he left, so he headed off to Houston. While working various jobs, he went back to college, but found that the art he saw in Europe didn't exist in the classroom, so he decided to get a Bachelors of Science in Political Science with a Minor in Marketing while honing his artistic skills on his own.

While trying out all forms of media, it became clear that sculpture was his passion, so he bought some clay and studied with various sculptors. While doing this he also heard about the Houston Museum of Fine Art, so he headed off to find some inspiration and what he found was Frederic Remington.

All those years of breaking colts, riding bucking horses and his passion for the American West and Fine Art culminated when he saw Frederic Remington's bronze sculptures and paintings of the American Cowboy and Indian. It was then and there he knew that he wanted to be a Western Artist.

Chris's reputation as a gifted young sculptor quickly spread by word of mouth and has subsequently been contracted by several companies and families to do western sculptures and bronze portraits. He is continuously working on commissions, monumental proposals and western bronzes for upcoming shows, all while staying close to his passion for the west by day working on ranches, breaking colts, gathering cattle and visiting various Native American Tribes throughout the country.