Chris studied screenwriting, photography and design in the Filmic Writing Program of the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television in Los Angeles and went on to become Director of Photography for Carriage House Publishing's Beaufort, Explorer, Lowcountry Quarterly, and Select magazines; for Southeast Marketing Services; and for AirCam, an aerial photography company. He was art director for Promise Publishing's Growing in Christ—a magazine for new believers— and spent seven years creating award-winning promotional campaigns and marketing materials (and writing and photographing travel articles) for Charleston, South Carolina's major daily newspaper, The Post and Courier. From October 2005 through August 2008, Chris designed and art directed Carolina Homes and Interiors, Coastal Condo Living, East Cooper Newcomers Guide, Summerville Newcomers Guide and Coastal Million Dollar Homes magazines for South Carolina publisher Media Services, Inc..

Details on Chris' art direction and marketing work can be explored by clicking here, while an online gallery of fine art prints of Chris' panoramic landscape photography from around the world can be viewed here, featuring his breathtaking large-format panoramic landscape prints of the stunning Swiss Alps and Scottish Highlands.

A lifelong singer, songwriter, and keyboard and piano player, Chris served in the worship arts ministry of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina's Seacoast Church from the time he arrived in the Charleston area from Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1996, until his move to San Luis Obispo, California, in 2006. He led worship for Seacoast's singles ministry from 1996-1998; played keys for Seacoast's Columbia campus for its first year (1998-1999); and from 1999 through 2005 served alternatively as a background vocalist on the Main Campus worship team; a guest special song vocalist for the Main, West and Family Life campuses and for the Kidstuf ministry; co-leader of "Unplugged," Seacoast's songwriter's small group (along with songwriter/keyboardist Chris Karpus); fill-in keyboard player at the Family Life, Main and West campuses; and guest lead worshipper for the Cleansing Streams retreats.

From his acting debut in 1969 at age 7, Chris went professional in 1976 in the role of "Charlie" in an internationally-broadcast PBS-produced series. He has since worked in San Diego, Los Angeles, Seattle, Santa Fe and Albuquerque, and in North and South Carolina.