Restoring Beauty Through Classical Drawing and Painting
About Chris Legaspi
Chris Legaspi is a lifelong artist with over 20 years of professional experience as a painter, author, and educator.
He trained in Los Angeles under some of the most respected American realist painters, including Steve Huston, Nathan Fowkes, Sean Cheetham, and Zhaoming Wu.
Chris’s work has appeared in advertising and visual development for major Hollywood films, including Deadpool 2, The Lord of the Rings, and Shaft. His clients include Disney, Marvel, Netflix, and Warner Bros. Pictures.
He is a popular instructor at New Masters Academy and the author of two internationally selling art books, now published in seven languages.
At the center of his work is a deep passion for figurative art and portraiture, with a lifelong devotion to classical Western realism.
More Than Art
Chris’s work is guided by a simple belief: beauty matters.
He values excellence in art, care for the body through health and fitness, and inner discipline through fasting and prayer. These practices shape both his life and his work, grounding his art in clarity, reverence, and purpose.
Duty & Mission
Chris believes his mission and life’s work is simple:
To restore the standard of beauty in the world.
He believes modern human society has steadily devolved and lowered its standards, especially in art, architecture, music and culture. This loss of beauty affects how people think, feel and behave. Worst of all, the ugly, modern world takes us further away from God and the divine.
He believes classical Western realism, particularly the 19th-century European tradition refined in Paris, represents the highest development of representational art. This tradition honors truth, craftsmanship, and the beauty of the human form.
This is why he practices this art.
This is why he teaches it.
And this is why he works to preserve and cultivate it.
Building a Sanctuary for Western Art in Asia
Chris is currently based in Thailand, where his life mission is taking physical form.
In one sentence, the goal is this:
To build the world’s first Western Art and Culture Sanctuary in Asia.
This sanctuary will be:
An academy for classical drawing and painting
A center for study, appreciation, and mentorship
A gallery and museum for masterworks
A living community devoted to beauty and craft
The work begins in Bangkok and grows outward.
The long-term vision is inspired by institutions like The Ringling Museum in Sarasota, Florida.
Phase one is building a strong, serious life drawing community. Phase two expands into painting, exhibitions, visiting master artists, and cultural exchange.
Suport the Work. Join the Studio.
If this work, mission, and vision resonate with you, the best way to support it is by joining the Legaspi Fine Art Studio patron community.
This is a private, member-supported space where art lovers and serious students gather around beauty, realism, and culture.
Inside the community, members receive:
Direct interaction with Chris and like-minded artists
Behind-the-scenes studio process and materials
Nude figure drawings and paintings that I can’t show on social media
Personal reference photos and visual libraries
A complete structured course library for students
Monthly classes on beauty and aesthetics for non-artists
This community directly supports the long-term mission of building a Western art sanctuary in Asia.
