Chris Silver

A Scottish painter and illustrator, Chris Silver bridges the worlds of art and psychotherapy to create visceral works that map the landscape of the human mind. Influenced by his mother’s psychiatric career and the bold traditions of the Scottish Colorists and Neo-Expressionism, his practice utilizes instinctual brushwork, impasto textures, and diagonal knife marks to fracture representational imagery into emotional abstraction. Each canvas serves as an intimate inquiry into mental health, using a hauntingly bold palette to transform personal experiences of anxiety and turmoil into universal dialogues on vulnerability and psychological resilience.