Christopher J Wesley | Fine Art and Fiction Artist
Chris Wesley is an award winning author, fine art photographer, musician, music producer and poet.
“Write down your dream project and all of the other things you want to do. And don’t be reasonable.”
This was the advice I was given following my homework assignment from the man helping shepherd the completion of my novel “The Gospel of Wolves, A Season of Sunder”.
My first thought after hearing this was, “wow, I can’t believe that a professional with 40 years of experience would read my work and encourage that I take that kind of license”.
Even though 2018 has brought nine art exhibitions/events, a new shop platform, new commissions and a book fusing my fine art with my fiction in a way I’ve never done before, I’ve spent the past four months shaping what I want out of 2019.
Foremost right now and part of the reason I’ve been more quiet than usual the past few months, is a huge focus on finishing the first season of my book The Gospel of Wolves, Episode One.
I’ve hired a consultant with 40 years of experience to give me notes on the pages I’m writing to bring this story home.
Now that I have someone backing me up with massive amounts of experience, I feel free to push my ambitions for this tale to their furthest limit with the knowledge that there’s someone whose vast knowledge of storytelling will help me shape the book into the powerful, moving tale I envisioned.
Naturally, next year will see new art collections as well, but for the next two months, the bulk of my time will be wrapping my head around the vast story world I’ve created and bringing “The Gospel of Wolves, A Season of Sunder”, home.
What this will look like ultimately, I can’t say and my consultant said that this book might be best served traditionally published based on the first five chapters, but we’ll see. Either way, 2019 looks to be an insanely creative new year.
Right now I’m deep into the outlining to finish up the first season of The Gospel of Wolves.
When we left of in Episode One, the artist Lucien Karr was given an offer he couldn’t refuse to produce some murals for the men holding him captive for reasons they wouldn’t explain. (This is the best I can explain it without it containing spoilers.)
Lucien is going to at least start these murals, but now the question becomes, what would a captive man create that would speak to the position he’s in?
I speak about my journey and my experience in the Leadership Pasadena course.
I have to wait for some photos to reveal what they want me to do with them. This one’s been sitting on my phone since my visit to the Los Angeles County Fair in September, 2017.
Like usual, I opted not to bring my Canon camera since I was there with my wife and didn’t want to spend the day looking for shots, which I tend to do if I’m lugging that camera around.
Besides, I had my cell phone to take photos and it can be argued that I wouldn’t have shot this better with a DSLR camera, regardless of the lens.
That said, tgis was taken and processed using a #galaxys7 using free apps. I call what I do #expressionistphotography.
I took this shot of the representation of the Echo Mountain House in the Fairplex Garden Railroad which depicts various scenes from California history from the 1850’s to present day.
The Echo Mountain House resided above Altadena, CA in the late 1800’s and the Mount Lowe Railway that brought the outdoor enthusiasts up to the hotel.
It featured a sweeping dining room that could seat 200 people, had hiking trails that led to a variety of romantic vistas and a pony trail.