A Brush with Culture: Unveiling Chris Leib’s Astronauts and Bonobo Chimps

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Chris Leib finished his anthropology degree at UC Berkeley but became an illustrator. After studying at the San Francisco Academy of Art and apprenticing with a portrait painter, he became a full-time artist.

Leib’s intricately realistic paintings of astronauts and Bonobo monkeys give them a physical presence that draws us into their stories and cultures.

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Chris Leib Lollipop Coup
Chris Leib Mind Lock
Chris Leib A Day Of Night
Chris Leib Guardian
Chris Leib In The Meadow
Chris Leib Lookout
Chris Leib Midnight Snack
Chris Leib Moon Queen
Chris Leib Silvery Queen
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Chris Leib Tel Megiddo
Chris Leib Voice

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