Kris Ruhs works in the illuminating light of true inspiration. A strong ability to bring out the expressive potential of structure, of material, and of color combined with keen sensitivity to the graphic aspect of form and surface allow him to successfully cross the usual boundaries between sculpture and painting, painting and drawing, and abstraction and representation.
As Kris Ruhs himself says, "I get ideas from materials, especially pieces of wood", the pieces of wood are totally tranformed, cut, carved into, painted over, and even burned to make them into surfaces and shapes that carry deep, metaphorical weights.