{"id":3725,"date":"2013-01-17T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-17T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=3725"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:30:00","slug":"chris-duncan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/17\/chris-duncan\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist: Chris Duncan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3727\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/17\/chris-duncan\/chrisduncan3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,446\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chrisduncan3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan3-300x223.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan3.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3727\" alt=\"chrisduncan3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan3.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan3-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chris Duncan paints such blazing and brilliant shapes of color amassed into circles, diamonds and starbursts. His inclusion of colorful dots shine like candy or crystals. Chris employs a wide variety of materials in his work, from photos to string to mirrors and light, all as a means to investigate perception and balance through repetition and reflection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3726\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/17\/chris-duncan\/chrisduncan2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,745\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chrisduncan2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan2-241x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan2.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3726\" alt=\"chrisduncan2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan2.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan2-241x300.jpg 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3728\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/17\/chris-duncan\/chrisduncan4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,458\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chrisduncan4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan4-300x229.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan4.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3728\" alt=\"chrisduncan4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan4.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan4-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3730\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/17\/chris-duncan\/chrisduncan1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,459\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chrisduncan1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan1-300x229.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/chrisduncan1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full 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His inclusion of colorful dots shine like candy or crystals. Chris employs a wide variety of materials in his work, from photos to string to mirrors and light, all as a means to investigate perception and balance through repetition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,281,70],"tags":[37,125,596,1878,1868],"class_list":["post-3725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist","category-mixed-media","category-painting","tag-art","tag-artist-2","tag-chris-duncan","tag-mixed-media","tag-painting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-Y5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3708,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/16\/alexander-kori-girard\/","url_meta":{"origin":3725,"position":0},"title":"Artist: Alexander Kori Girard","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"January 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There are a million reasons to love artist Alexander Kori Girard. 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