From the gallery where Charlie Churchill carves out a bit of studio space to work on his latest painting, the New Jersey-based artist looks at what it takes to move from the corporate sector (he worked as an illustrator and art director in the advertising industry) to self-employment. Learn more about his style—a mash-up of contemporary realism, Old-Master techniques and a sense of romantic character—and what it has taken to get his landscapes, still-lives and narrative figure compositions into private collections and galleries throughout the United States and Europe.
Charlie discusses art school: