Chris Daynes was born at Hove, Sussex in 1946. He was educated in Norfolk and acheived an Honours Degree in Fine Art at Leeds College of Art.

His mainstream career was spent teaching. After some 30 years teaching he gave up the day job in 2001. Since then he has painted full time. His art work explores the British coastal landscape, waterways and estuaries, landscape and gardens, as well as the London city and riverscape.

Chris Daynes paints entirely on site the year round in all weathers. This is always a challenging and sometimes uncomfortable experience. He works ‘on the spot’, making rapid and informative visual notes suitable for working into larger work. In his paintings Chris aims to reflect or react to the many sensations received over a period of time when different events occur - flights of birds, noises, visiting people, changes of light and times of day.

Talking about his paintings Chris Daynes says: 'In the art work I explore the language of colour and design, building on the vital process of looking and drawing. I take risks with the material, building layers of colour until I feel I have achieved a level of harmony - an intuitive process - just seeing where the paint takes me. Some paintings might work relatively quickly if I am lucky - others may take a long time to resolve. It’s an ongoing process'.

In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery Chris Daynes has exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the Chris Daynes artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.