Brian Keith Stephens Exhibition
Axelle Fine Arts
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Brian Stephens paints and resides in Lyme, Connecticut, a small, well-preserved town near the mouth of the Connecticut River. The rural simplicity encountered in Lyme serves as an overall theme for his work. Stephens’ subtle incorporation of pastoral imagery through subject and color allows the viewer a glimpse in to his world populated by farm animals and children. In this world, donkeys and geese radiate and evoke the same emotions as human figures.
The expressions and postures of Stephens’ subjects conjure sentiments of childhood, absence and longing. Images are rendered against abstracted, highly textured backgrounds created with multiple layers of paint, scraped away in areas to reveal a warm canvas beneath. Intense blue and green backgrounds, punctuated by vibrant oranges and yellows, evoke romantic and nostalgic feelings. Rooted in a world of color, the most familiar and uncomplicated animals become icons.
Brian Stephens attended Western Connecticut State University, where he discovered his passion for art. He continued his education at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 1998. He then attended the Academie de la Grande Chaumier in Paris and received a Masters of Fine Art in Painting from the City College of New York.
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from May 01, 2008 to November 04, 2008