Growing up poor in the American south made introspection a natural subject. Today, Christian develops the connection between personality and his past, condensing recent self-awareness into imagery, literature, video, and performance.

People like Lhamo Dondrub, Jesús Rafael Soto, and Masahisa Fukase are inspirations. He is a self-taught artist and designer, with an academic background in chemical engineering; his passion is working along side his wife Myesha and son Vassar, two of his favorite subjects.