Chris Natrop

In 2003 Chris Natrop was making large-scale charcoal landscape drawings. Soon he began trimming away various aspects of the drawing to achieve a new level of contrast in the work. Cutting felt good. Soon he stopped using charcoal altogether, and just cut directly with a utility knife into rolls of Lenox 100 paper. At this point his work and process evolved very quickly.
Natrop loves being able to evoke the experience of complete environments with minimal material. The lack of specificity creates infinite interpretations. Nothing is patterned beforehand or redetermined. His process continues to be direct and free flowing. He cuts directly into the surface of paper, slowly drawing, delineating form by subtracting negative space.