Chad Church floating next to a painting on an easel in his studio

Denver, Colorado

Figurative
Painter

Oil paintings rooted in the figure, presence, and the weight of being in a body. Classically trained, deliberately unfinished in places.

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Selected Works

Recent Paintings

Let It Ride — dark, moody oil painting of a figure with a cello

Let It Ride

Oil on panel  ·  Portraits & Figures

Joona — oil painting portrait

Joona

Oil on panel  ·  Portraits & Figures

Held In Bloom — oil painting

Held In Bloom

Oil on panel  ·  Portraits & Figures

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"I'm drawn to the moment before recognition — when a face is almost familiar, when a gesture holds its meaning just out of reach."

I came back to painting seriously after two decades away. Not a midlife crisis — more like a debt I kept deferring. I paint what I want and let it land where it lands.

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Studio Journal

What's on My Easel

A look inside the studio — works in progress, process shots, and thoughts on what's being made right now. Updated as the work evolves.

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Work in progress on the easel — oil underpainting, studio, with a small blue flower clipped to the easel