The paintings are more about physicality and gesture than meditation. I'd compare it to playing scales on the Cello - each sound (pitch and intensity) depends on the manner in which you hold and apply the bow. The same goes for the gesture of applying paint to a surface.
I moved to Chicago and began attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The students and teachers I met in Chicago were politically active… - Stephen Beal
I moved to Chicago and began attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The students and teachers I met in Chicago were politically active…
- Stephen Beal
I enjoy thinking about how paintings can change depending on where they are - how they look in a gallery or in relation to other paintings, or in dif… - Stephen Beal
I enjoy thinking about how paintings can change depending on where they are - how they look in a gallery or in relation to other paintings, or in dif…
In the late 60's I was enrolled at Occidental College majoring in philosophy and taking several studio art classes, but I dropped out. It was a very … - Stephen Beal
In the late 60's I was enrolled at Occidental College majoring in philosophy and taking several studio art classes, but I dropped out. It was a very …
I have been interested in the dialogue of abstraction and modernist painting - and the rich history of the grid. I also think I have been influenced … - Stephen Beal
I have been interested in the dialogue of abstraction and modernist painting - and the rich history of the grid. I also think I have been influenced …
I'm interested in how paintings can change or transform - sometimes through close examination or viewed from afar; or how they hold the space of a wa… - Stephen Beal
I'm interested in how paintings can change or transform - sometimes through close examination or viewed from afar; or how they hold the space of a wa…
Only at the end of the last stroke of paint, you can begin to wonder what needs to be done next. - Stephen Beal
Only at the end of the last stroke of paint, you can begin to wonder what needs to be done next.
The paintings are more about physicality and gesture than meditation. I'd compare it to playing scales on the Cello - each sound (pitch and intensity… - Stephen Beal
The paintings are more about physicality and gesture than meditation. I'd compare it to playing scales on the Cello - each sound (pitch and intensity…
My life as a painter influences my teaching and my duties as president of CCA - and I hope some of the experience of working at an exciting art schoo… - Stephen Beal
My life as a painter influences my teaching and my duties as president of CCA - and I hope some of the experience of working at an exciting art schoo…
I am very invested in the physical activity and the decision-making that is involved with making paintings - nothing else is quite like it. - Stephen Beal
I am very invested in the physical activity and the decision-making that is involved with making paintings - nothing else is quite like it.
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