Chris Joubert

American artist Chris Joubert (b. 1976) is an established, abstract painter known for his bold use of color, complex layering, rich texture, and balanced compositional weight. His large-scale works explore the imperfections of life, pain, inner-city struggle, and the emotional complexity of human experience.

Working and living in Houston, Texas, Joubert has developed a distinctive and continually evolving practice rooted in experimentation and intuition.

His work is created on raw canvas, drop cloths, wood, and steel, stretched over handmade frames or left intentionally distressed. Using brushes, sponges, and an array of unconventional tools—including drywall knives, margin trowels, concrete floats, saw blades, and homemade knives, he builds heavily textured, multi-layered surfaces.
Joubert’s process begins with preparing surfaces using gesso primer and elastomeric paint, allowing for flexibility and depth as layers accumulate. He works with a diverse range of materials, including acrylics, oils, watercolors, oil sticks, wax, crayons, chalk, pastel sticks, wood filler, mud compound, and metal shavings.

Each material is chosen intuitively, responding to emotion rather than a predetermined outcome. Creating without a fixed plan,...

Texas Southern University, Graphic Communications