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Christiano

christianfurr

About Me


I paint about Love and Freedom.
Art is the true aristocracy.
Art is my primary concern.
'To wake the soul by tender strokes of art'
MODERN MASTERS
A forthcoming exhibition of Four Contemporary Artists. The Crown Hotel, Crown Place, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG1 2RZ. weekend openings 10-6PM. -30 November-9 December 2007

Recent News Christian appeared on UK screens as judge/teacher in the series 'A Brush with Fame' ITV daytime. In the series amateur portrait painters across Britain compete to win a cash prize and publishing deal. With Presenter Carol Smilie and fellow judge David Lee.
"At the age of 28, Christian Furr became the youngest artist to officially paint Queen Elizabeth II."

Don't Panic Magazine Comfort CHRISTIAN FURR
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Don't Panic meet Christian Furr


Don't Panic Magazine Comfort CHRISTIAN FURR
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:


All my friends
You always recognize your own kind

Music:

CURRENT MOON about the moon the beatles, burt bacharach and hal david, the rolling stones, scott walker, air, anthony newley, ennio morricone, the smiths, the stone roses, abba, pulp, blur, david bowie, the beach boys, the kinks, led zeppelin, echo&the bunnymen, velvet underground, robots in diguise, leatherhands, van morrison, charlie parker,john coltrane, ravel, lionel bart, dusty in memphis, nina simone

Movies:

cabaret,kes, taste of honey, the motorbike ride in the rain at night in 'a matter of life and death' - , the bit in 'wish you were here' where emily lloyd struts out in the park with her pram, the bit in godfather where al pacino is at the table in the restaurant, the bit in 'the pawnbroker' were they go out on the balcony, the bit in the new 'heidi' were max von sydow returns to the town at the end. withnail and I

Television:

peter ackroyd's the romantics

Books:


If we resist our passions it is more from their weakness than from our strength. -Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld

Conciseness in Art is a necessity and a grace. - Edouard Manet

We, Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar. -Lord Byron

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious. -Oscar Wilde

If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream -Rene Magritte

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs -William Shakespeare

The playwright Feydeau was so lazy that when a friend said to him, 'Turn around, the prettiest woman I've ever seen has just come into the room', he answered, without moving..'Describe her to me'

Heroes:

Diego Velasquez

My Blog

Don’t panic interview

http://www.dontpaniconline.com/magazine/comfort/christian-fu rr...
Posted by Christiano on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:23:00 PST

Biodiesel

FACT A diesel engine vehicle does not need to be modified in anyway to use biodiesel. FACT In Germany biodiesel sales stood at two billion litres in 2006.
Posted by Christiano on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:13:00 PST

Electric cars

FACT - Shell made £400 a second in profits in 2005 Petro-loving politiciansApprox 80% of the price of a litre of petrol is made up of fuel duty and value added tax (VAT). http://www.sonycla...
Posted by Christiano on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:29:00 PST

Christian Furr's website

http://www.christianfurr.com
Posted by Christiano on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:24:00 PST

Emma Furr's website: www.emmafurr.org.uk

http://www.christianfurr.com/Emma Welcome.htm    ...
Posted by Christiano on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:07:00 PST

ART SHOE AUCTION

http://www.groupofone.co.uk/rob/fms/ CHELSEA ART CLUB SHOES!This is for London Myspacers with £30 to spare (all for cherrity)CHELSEA ARTS CLUB EVENTFIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GREAT AUCTIONorganised by ...
Posted by Christiano on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 03:37:00 PST

Engineer of the future..

Check out the curly bridge.. http://www.heatherwick.com/index.php?option=com_content& task=view&id=19&Itemid=48  ...
Posted by Christiano on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 03:42:00 PST

Designer of the future

Check out the Slaiths South Bank housing development.. http://www.hemingwaydesign.co.uk/html/staiths_synopsis.htm  ...
Posted by Christiano on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 06:32:00 PST

5 Good Films about Artists

CHIWHASEONhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/asian -films.shtml GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRINGhttp://www.girlwithapearlearringmovie.com/http://www. londonart.co.uk/editorial/article.asp?articleID=6...
Posted by Christiano on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:06:00 PST