Chris Bruno was raised in southern Virginia's rolling green hills by professional artists. His father is a photographer, and his mother a painter. Thus, he was genetically predisposed to the artist's life and temperament. Bruno spent his childhood traveling with his parents to their art shows and developed a strong aesthetic from exposure to different mediums and artists and everything he saw while on the road. He began his professional career as a photographer. In recent years, Bruno found a love for painting by visiting his mother's studio and experimenting with the mediums. While he has a home-studio of his own, Bruno often shares space and conversations about painting with his mother, finding satisfaction in the camaraderie. Bruno's work is the result of various experiments and layers of thought. He uses acrylics, graphite, and layers of paper, fabrics, and sometimes other found objects.