Chris Bolden

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• Chris Bolden Chris Bolden has been painting since 1990. Graduating from Pasadena Art Center College of Design in 1997 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration, he immediately began working and is currently an artist on the long-running animated television series The Simpsons. He first worked on the show as a background illustrator and designer, and more currently as a color-key artist. Sources of artistic inspiration for Chris come from painters such as: N.C.Wyeth, Winslow Homer, and John Singer Sargent. The inspiration behind the Noseriders series came from Chris's twenty-plus years as a surfer in Southern California. While primarily a short-boarder, Chris was attracted to the timeless grace and style of long-boarders, specifically the stylish asymmetrical balance that the surfers' body contorts to maintain perfect balance.