Christopher peterson

He was born in New York City, and grew up in Westport, Connecticut. His father was a salesman, and his mother was a clothing designer.

He studied at the Art Institute of Boston, and then at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He began his career as an Illustrator in New York City in 1980, and immediately started working for The New York Times and Time magazine. He moved to the Bay area with his young family in 1984, and for 35 years was a steady fixture in the landscape of art and design, working in newspapers, advertising, exhibit design, teaching, and as a painter and illustrator

Selected clients include: Pepsi • Heineken • Duracell • Time Magazine • Newsweek • Live Nation • The New York Times • Lucille Packard Stanford Children’s Hospital • The San Francisco Chronicle • Golf Digest • Consumer Reports • McGraw-Hill • Macy’s • Courvoisier • Watson-Guptil • Warner Brothers • Bozell • Goodby Silverstein & Partners • Info World • Travers Collins Partners • Krichoff/Wohlberg, Inc. • Foote, Cone Belding • Deutsch Advertising • Bill Graham Presents • Sutter Home Wines • Phish • The String Cheese Incident • High Sierra Music Festival • Bannaroo Music Festival • The Floating Company • Stufish • Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruise • Monterey Bay Aquarium