Chris Saunders is an American artist, designer and illustrator based in Venice Beach,CA. After getting a BFA in graphic design at Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in animation and motiongraphics for commercial, tv and film. Chris has consulted with top leading agencies and brands over the last decade as a freelance designer in LA and NYC and also taught motion design at The Art Center College of Design from 2006-2008. After having a near death experience in 2009, Chris found himself being compelled to create images that were pouring from his subconscious that explored themes of connectedness, abstraction, and psychedelic experience. Chris utilizes art and design as a vehicle to promote inspiration, productive rebellion, intentional evolution, and self awareness.