When he’s not delivering pizzas for a local Pizza Hut, Christopher Bifani is busy working on his art.Bifani’s house, on the corner of Chittenden Avenue and Summit Street, is notorious because of the art he displays outside. Passersby of Bifani’s home gallery may regard his art, made of found objects, as junk. However, this junk is Bifani’s life beat.”People see this house and it freaks a lot of them out,” he said. Bifani said that he has heard of complaints about the paintings and three-dimensional sculptures made of scrap metal. Bifani said he has a legal right to express himself freely on his property. He has even had his work displayed in local coffeehouses, and has sold around 40 pieces, he said. With the remaining pieces, Bifani has covered almost every wall in his house with his paintings and drawings. Images of men, women, children and animals beg for their stories to be told, much like Bifani himself.Bifani has long black hair, Italian features and was casually dressed in acid wash jeans and a black tank top. The Jersey City, N.J., native came to Columbus for a cheaper cost of living. He worked part-time as a reporter for suburban newspapers before being fired because of a self-professed bad attitude. Bifani officially became an artist a little over four years ago after a bout with bad luck.”I just decided to take it seriously one day,” he said. “My Camaro got stolen, I lost my girlfriend, lots of bad things happened and I just said, ‘F*** it, I’m gonna be an artist.'”That summer day, Bifani decided he was going to devote his life to art. He bases his artistic expression on his own philosophy he calls Radism.”With Radism, my outlook goes against the status quo,” Bifani said. One way that the artist practices Radism is by not having his gallery, which he likes to call the “Museum of Radism,” in an art district like the Short North. By having it at his home, his gallery stands out, away from the work of other artists, he said.Bifani also pointed out that with Radism he does not aggressively pursue the selling of his art. He makes art for a need to speak in a more universal language, not for money. He also prefers paintings over sculptures because he said he believes “a picture is the only true absolute thing because it is seen in an instant.”Bifani would like the curious to drop in and ask to see the art. He set up a studio in an adjoining section of his home where he has been working since September displaying his art.He claims the new addition to his gallery makes him the Columbus artist with the most artwork on display. He is also putting together a web site so that he can share his beloved art with the rest of the world, he said.Using found objects such as newspaper or plywood, he creates his images. Bifani works with acrylic paints, markers, pens and any other tools he can get his hands on. Each creation is different and there are no distinguishing characteristics to mark his style, he said. He likes to recreate situations he has seen or lived through in his paintings. However, he also displays wild imagination and uses his art as a way to conceptualize his ideas, he said.Take for example, the drawing entitled “Son of a Bitch.” The picture portrays a family portrait of a woman and her son. There are two personalities shown in the woman: a caring, gentle mother and a hard, evil-looking woman. Bifani said the boy sees both of the faces his mother wears.”My pictures stem from human emotion and the perceived,” Bifani said. “There are no rules.”Perhaps the most remarkable aspect about Christopher Bifani is like most true artists, he is happy with his art. He doesn’t care about the material things life may offer, he just wants to make art, he said.”Some people talk to whoever will listen,” he said. “I paint for whoever wants to see.”