After a short education at the ESTOR drawing studio's in Oostzaan a place nearby Amsterdam, Chriz van Jaarsveld decided it was time to move on to his other passion: the guitar. As a member of various musical groups he travelled around the world France, Japan, England, USA, Canada and Israel The many experiences, impressions and various states of mind brought on by this nomadic existence contributed to a rich spiritual and imaginative but yet unorthodox view on life. This is expressed in his later work where his interest in mystique generally dominates.

Due to his contacts in the musical world, Van Jaarsveld can include media-magnate and art lover Willem van Kooten also known as "Joost den Draayer" the larger then life disk jockey of the sixties to be one of his admirers. In 1997/98 Willem van Kooten added three pieces of Van Jaarsvelds work to his collection, which you can see in the office building of Red Bullet Productions, Alexanderlaan 2, Hilversum, The Netherlands.

As a consequense of the artwork he did for the Amsterdam popcollective Jetlands album "Flowers for Wendy". Van Jaarsveld was invited by music producer and artcollector Erwin Musper known for his work with Van Halen, Scorpions, David Bowie, Bon Jovi and the soundtrack of the movie "Twister" to fly to the States for the whole month of April 99 to personally create a work of art in Muspers mansion Ft.Lauderdale, Florida. This resulted in a canvas of 150x120 cm titeled "Journey through the Violet and Blue". Not only did the painting get a place of honour on one of the walls of, but thanks to Mr Musper also attracted the attention of some prominent people of the art_world in New York.

For the last couple of years Chriz has dedicated himself to perfecting his skills, and started exhibiting in 1998.

Van Jaarsveld about his work: "I call my style "Melancholic/Mystical". In my paintings I place the reflections of my thoughts and emotions against a multi-interpretable, mostly disquiet background filled with hidden symbolism. Through a combination of heavy brush strokes and faded fragmentations I try to reach for the almost uncatchable beauty of gloominess but also the sadness of doom and dispair, and project this on the viewer. This way I try to reverse an upcoming feeling of repulsion and expose the beauty of ugliness..."