KRIS FINCH

Kris Finch was born and raised in San Diego's East County. Kris practiced his artistic education at a local art school where he studied classical portrait techniques under the great figurative artists and illustrators. After 3 years of disciplined art education Kris realized he had a talent that he could share with others and decided he would pursue a career in teaching. 

In the summer of 2009, Kris became an art instructor at the seasonal art camp,That same year he also became the new oil painting instructor at the SDAD.  His oil painting class soon received much attention from the local art community, and by word of mouth his class became sold out session after session.   Due to the demand, his class offerings were increased to include Advanced Drawing and Figure Drawing.   In addition, he also began teaching a painting course at the Fine Art School. In just four years after he began his career as a teacher, Kris was teaching more sold out courses than any other instructor at the institution.  Kris firmly believes that anyone can learn how to paint with proper technique, knowledge and patience.  His student's often attribute their ease of learning to his upbeat personality, positive attitude, and strong knowledge of classical painting and drawing skills.  

Kris has completed many public, private, and corporate commissions all throughout Southern California.  His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal and It also made a brief appearance on TLC. In 2015 Kris was one of twenty selected from thousands of entries for the 2014/2015 Portrait Artist Magazine. Kris has been a member of OPA and his paintings are showing in galleries throughout the US.

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