Chris Clark - Music, art, photography

Chris Clark began her career with Motown during the 1960's. She was signed a "tall, tan, blue-eyed, bluesy-sounding" recording artist, who soon moved on to writing and co-writing music for herself and other Motown acts. Founder Mr. Berry Gordy, asked Chris to serve as a screenwriter for Motown's multi-Academy Award nominated film, "Lady Sings the Blues," from which she received a nomination. Before long, Ms. Clark found herself overseeing Motown's Video Center, and working as a video editor. For a few years after that, Chris served as Vice President of Creative Development for Motown Films.

Years later, after several attempts to get different projects launched in Hollywood, Ms. Clark decided to move to Arizona, and there returned to another of her areas of expertise; photography. In 1990, Chris took a journey to Africa, where she spent more than six weeks photographing and experiencing the culture, people, landscape and wildlife so dear to her heart.

Chris developed a process, which transforms her photographs into fine works of art. The procedure begins with selected images and graphics being placed on top of one another She then adds her own creative and artistic enhancements, and places her finished pieces on canvas. Mr Gordy, awed by her artistic ability and approach to perpetuating the legacy of Motown artists, commissioned Chris to produce a collection of artwork. Consequently, she created the collection, "Legendary Artists of Motown," and images capturing the people, wildlife and landscapes of Africa, entitled "Journey to Africa."