tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-372556922024-02-07T23:41:25.060-05:00Michael Stevenson Artart, paintings, exhibitions, news, prints, artworkMichael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-49289268908486261962012-09-18T22:40:00.002-04:002012-09-18T22:40:39.223-04:00<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Baker Artists Exhibition 2012</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opening September 26, 6 PM</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Exhibition is up until 24 October</span><br />
Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-72101581767014911572012-08-31T21:06:00.005-04:002012-08-31T21:06:59.188-04:00Three Days!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three days of solid painting - stay posted for images.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No sleep til Brooklyn!</span>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-64638024361320013832012-07-29T16:10:00.001-04:002012-07-29T20:39:23.771-04:00Restoration - 1 - The Marin Headlands.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I lived in San Francisco, I had a <a href="http://www.headlands.org/">studio located in a National Park</a>, in the Marin Headlands. At the base of the building I was in, was an old missile site. Tours would come in and the missile would rise from the bowels of the earth, loud noises would sound and the missile itself would be raised towards the heavens. The tourists would ride up and down on the platform. A distinctly odd scenario as the people on the platform would have to place both hands on the missile as it descended, to avoid accidents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or something to that effect always went through my head as I watched the spectacle. An artist had once done a project, knitting a tea cosy for the missile. The guys who ran the site loved it, apparently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The National Parks Service was in the midst of returning the park to its original state, primarily removing eucalyptus trees<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(1)</span>. Being California, there was <a href="http://www.hcn.org/issues/220/11040/print_view">much debate</a> about this, not just in the Headlands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Service was also removing some pine trees and their rationale was this. If the tree existed in the first photograph of the army buildings (the Headlands used to be an army base - the hills are riddled with WWII gun emplacements<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(2)</span>) they would stay. If not, down they come. With this came burning the slash, something that caused much perturbation across the Golden Gate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At any rate, how do you decide what point you restore anything to? In an age of leave only footprints etc., what are the thoughts behind restoration? Why not remove the buildings and get rid of the gun emplacements as well (ignoring cost for the moment.)?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I find this a fascinating topic, one I am planning on returning to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, and this was a minute's stroll from my studio....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">(1)</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A quote from the article on eucalyptus - "</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eucalyptus, impregnated with flammable oil, don't just burn; they explode, spewing firebrands hundreds of feet. Long, peeling bark is designed to carry flames to crowns. Most everything dies except the euc, whose seed pods open with the heat. And if these trees don't burn out the competition, they may poison it out with their toxic drippings."</span></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-50689285171440305972012-01-26T22:05:00.003-05:002012-01-26T22:07:05.776-05:00Le roi est mort! Vive le roi!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Getting started on new work for an exhibition, images of the various Louis; (les rois francais, bien sur...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's an image of a previous version (since destroyed) - multi-panel, acrylic on canvas, approx 6' x 4.5'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-86477330165188524212011-10-09T17:34:00.000-04:002011-10-09T17:34:46.194-04:00three prints - october 2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNULtB8KpIM_Nylb3ys257o667GAEoJ7qBlRV6U0XtvKgtmyNIqPXjj2CorcGOMPrcEYkGzN0mtnT3k7BIuSgpo4qImvkWOSHWQXMNM6Tgpmln2vo3YWel7s0T2ahjZBTfqBbxcw/s1600/oct_print_003.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661558622875528818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNULtB8KpIM_Nylb3ys257o667GAEoJ7qBlRV6U0XtvKgtmyNIqPXjj2CorcGOMPrcEYkGzN0mtnT3k7BIuSgpo4qImvkWOSHWQXMNM6Tgpmln2vo3YWel7s0T2ahjZBTfqBbxcw/s320/oct_print_003.JPG" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 320px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 240px;" /></a><br />
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Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-79740357583374287622011-10-09T11:29:00.001-04:002011-10-09T11:30:29.603-04:00New prints this afternoon<span class="Apple-style-span" >Don't forget - giving away three sets of new prints this afternoon on FB - link is</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/mstevensonart"><span class="Apple-style-span" >http://www.facebook.com/mstevensonart</span></a></div><div><br /></div>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-82941790207448009662011-10-09T11:28:00.002-04:002011-10-09T11:29:30.287-04:00We have a winner!<span class="Apple-style-span" >S.K. from Northern California! Congrats!</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Check out the painting here:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.facebook.com/mstevensonart">http://www.facebook.com/mstevensonart</a></span></div><div><br /></div>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-77670947686517227822011-07-13T23:35:00.004-04:002011-07-15T21:37:43.290-04:00Win a painting<span class="Apple-style-span" >That's right, join the mailing list between July 13, and August 23, 2011, you get a chance to win a painting.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Shipping is covered - if it's outside the States, you pay duty, taxes etc.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Here's the plan: I take the names from the mailing list, assign a number to each, put the numbers in a hat and the draw, or have drawn, a number from that hat/. Said number wins the painting.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Should I simulcast this on youtube?<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Mailing list can be found here:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><a href="http://www.mstevensonart.com/contact.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" >http://www.mstevensonart.com/contact.html</span></a></div></div>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-57431501021328301562011-07-13T23:32:00.003-04:002011-07-15T21:29:25.946-04:00Painting for Shoshona Wayne Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUp2g-aOoJ3Z-pgJ_x88TnMbGDERkVgPFZe7CeyIGwh-pfOPD4HyrcUihvu-H58WSyBQ0rgJmPG6BPYr_e1b62juEx46XI-OPfiEONsJz4eyUcZOlsxI47C1oqYNdy9aHx-9aqg/s1600/wayne_image_20110714.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlUp2g-aOoJ3Z-pgJ_x88TnMbGDERkVgPFZe7CeyIGwh-pfOPD4HyrcUihvu-H58WSyBQ0rgJmPG6BPYr_e1b62juEx46XI-OPfiEONsJz4eyUcZOlsxI47C1oqYNdy9aHx-9aqg/s320/wayne_image_20110714.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629756125848912722" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">Image of triptych to be exhibited at Chain Letter, Summer Group Show at Shoshona Wayne Gallery.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Image is of a three panel painting, acrylic on canvas, 45" x 20", 2011.</span></div>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-85401359964320390112011-07-05T22:26:00.006-04:002011-07-05T22:31:35.448-04:00Showing in Chain Letter, group exhibition, Shoshona Wayne, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles<span class="Apple-style-span" >Will be exhibiting new work in Chain Letter, a group show curated by Christian Cummings and Doug Harvey at Shoshona Wayne, Bergamot Station, Los Angeles.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Link can be found <a href="http://shoshanawayne.com/upcoming-exhibition.php?/Chain+Letter/&id=236372#">here</a>.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Excerpts from the announcement:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Shoshana Wayne Gallery is pleased to present a summer group show curated by Christian Cummings and Doug Harvey.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Chain Letter is a group exhibition based on admiration. Initially conceived by Christian Cummings and Doug Harvey in 2006, inclusion in the exhibition is based on invitation by someone who admires your work. Each artist invited then invites ten other artists whom they admire, and so on. This email invite will circulate for thirty days, at the end of which each artist will install their own work on the floor at Shoshana Wayne Gallery. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Other cities worldwide will be participating in the Chain Letter exhibition including New York City, London, Paris, Johannesburg, Philadelphia, Boston, Seoul.</span></div>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-88696660557828063102010-03-07T00:51:00.002-05:002010-03-07T00:53:29.141-05:00Museum Exhibition<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Michael John Basil Stevenson</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">March -October 2010</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Catalog available</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">For more information, please email</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">m.stevenson.art (at) gmail.com</span></div>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-21928299806601135502009-09-10T21:59:00.003-04:002011-04-02T15:19:02.781-04:00Diptychs summer 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfX6eWs9ba9zMBlzvUHU7R7hIPF7C6VsmuY3br67ps5a_uQaXQ6v6fZxzPYViP4ie1YrezhJu6q_94LmaX6tTFGT9OvGmrqUqeNSO_M7t0Y8EmBq8oR3Lt-APzlLhq8HaB3iurCQ/s1600-h/IMG_0220.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 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class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br 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style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Three diptychs - 16" x 16", acrylic on paper mounted on canvas</span></div>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-83789064612248219112009-01-10T13:06:00.000-05:002009-01-10T13:10:42.360-05:00Solo Museum ExhibitionI am pleased to announce that I will be having a solo museum exhibition</ br><br />At the Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art in the Spring of 2010.</ br><br />The show will consist of paintings done over the last couple of years</ br><br />and will be accompanied by a catalog.</ br><br />To find out more, please sign-up on the website.</ br><br />The link is <a href="http://www.mstevensonart.com/contact.html">here</a>.</ br>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-310234716806170602008-09-16T12:55:00.000-04:002009-01-10T13:03:31.500-05:00Diptychs<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOMdI2bLRkBo6gWDt7CawFqxMWOIHVkJlxgjCmHJztYZHjWAiHjOfj7Rose0DaxcLc0Bpt_cFomaNAn58eY1Xi3-CcnzK4QDNi4MQ7-Hp54SR1iD7v0fRo1_rnxbq-8n4DEtiw3A/s1600-h/paris_large_3_w_116x89.jpg"></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Some recent diptychs as well. These came from the larger paintings. A selection.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskqbH3U538kronAHUneX7pM3eL59WVsnLMmW1xTHup6U20E2nHwmoTa1Ugwk0XfF4LgHX3bvqbpSTNiJOyj8GN2NzeAi6odnrIrZFklm6vR9WmdaxNzJl8ZO79ybd2pKdEiTlsQ/s1600-h/paris_diptych_4_70x100_w.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246665005062667362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgskqbH3U538kronAHUneX7pM3eL59WVsnLMmW1xTHup6U20E2nHwmoTa1Ugwk0XfF4LgHX3bvqbpSTNiJOyj8GN2NzeAi6odnrIrZFklm6vR9WmdaxNzJl8ZO79ybd2pKdEiTlsQ/s400/paris_diptych_4_70x100_w.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">70 x 100 cm<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvly1y-BmBDaV_1PPRR2mLtTzTestS6h4I29_He-VO1uTY-bXWfrnhxv2ql1HgDNrfvTy8tGJ9neCKE0jyrfMWpju3YQbxrbAVgUE9tUfZJBo393q3gJ3-w3XdI816qjbQmgBOA/s1600-h/paris_diptych_3_70x100_w.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246664527346840354" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvly1y-BmBDaV_1PPRR2mLtTzTestS6h4I29_He-VO1uTY-bXWfrnhxv2ql1HgDNrfvTy8tGJ9neCKE0jyrfMWpju3YQbxrbAVgUE9tUfZJBo393q3gJ3-w3XdI816qjbQmgBOA/s400/paris_diptych_3_70x100_w.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">70 x 100 cm</span></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-26519393106017506572008-09-12T16:48:00.000-04:002008-09-16T12:36:05.125-04:00Larger scale paintings<span style="font-family:arial;">These larger scale works evolved out of the smaller paintings I have been doing. They are roughly one meter high (slightly more for the bigger ones, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">slightly less for the smaller.) They are untitled as of yet. Click on the image to see a larger version.<br /><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDT0kBBni4xei0I737kr0hBmZqeBxjgDg7BnkzqGK0cpXo0qJPvL-ZZW8LfQjSxjqE0dSiTul_xxLLSg_7ImSxsTJkszenJc8mX2dSrYKvjMWfZF9PWUEY5Kqsaa-X9j8Up1QQw/s1600-h/paris_large_3_w.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245241412365302130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 278px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDT0kBBni4xei0I737kr0hBmZqeBxjgDg7BnkzqGK0cpXo0qJPvL-ZZW8LfQjSxjqE0dSiTul_xxLLSg_7ImSxsTJkszenJc8mX2dSrYKvjMWfZF9PWUEY5Kqsaa-X9j8Up1QQw/s400/paris_large_3_w.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">116 x 89 cm</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCs5Py8FPJTIqXfBRzcJfqU1ni82oD5oDCa8QJjC4OucjxxJOoSGBxbFpZciAWEwngt9QV5cgmUqVpKE8HfJfmySA_jgiqe5Kwa9_-zjSo-AI9Jajto_RB4xLW-3DQ3H0fXIUMlA/s1600-h/paris_large_2_w.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245241281135035042" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 236px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 345px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCs5Py8FPJTIqXfBRzcJfqU1ni82oD5oDCa8QJjC4OucjxxJOoSGBxbFpZciAWEwngt9QV5cgmUqVpKE8HfJfmySA_jgiqe5Kwa9_-zjSo-AI9Jajto_RB4xLW-3DQ3H0fXIUMlA/s400/paris_large_2_w.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />130 x 89 cm<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8c8ITizqvHji6D57QDJv4yX2uGMvZh7eM3jUcgjBhH6iRTVNtSghpHAXu4Fokb4DjWSkm9zeBhXVqe6m7Dg5z2eNCMpd5RBKvJmMK9fslhWQCuLALqv01WcjycGbutZvOFu8ww/s1600-h/paris_large_1_w.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245241172183013634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 236px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 346px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI8c8ITizqvHji6D57QDJv4yX2uGMvZh7eM3jUcgjBhH6iRTVNtSghpHAXu4Fokb4DjWSkm9zeBhXVqe6m7Dg5z2eNCMpd5RBKvJmMK9fslhWQCuLALqv01WcjycGbutZvOFu8ww/s400/paris_large_1_w.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /></span><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />130 x 89 cm<br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzX-IQDr48iQ_4qskHYpj_FEOWWEAzfFxRFpaOtlZzAVCY_Re2pJ6pN13ayeNOqfT5pQ_JI5-SbgEwNMyw1X7B3A-mt7ua97jwn8-cNIvhegdAFnIgaQoKgyrtsoilxEewSRH9w/s1600-h/paris_large_4_w.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245241639688199922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 244px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 334px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwzX-IQDr48iQ_4qskHYpj_FEOWWEAzfFxRFpaOtlZzAVCY_Re2pJ6pN13ayeNOqfT5pQ_JI5-SbgEwNMyw1X7B3A-mt7ua97jwn8-cNIvhegdAFnIgaQoKgyrtsoilxEewSRH9w/s400/paris_large_4_w.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">130 x 97 cm</span></p>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-20218167333339242662008-09-12T16:45:00.001-04:002008-09-12T16:47:45.947-04:00Triptych - Paris<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwRx5ha1r6sHDXvHYrsPz3637V5nkAbB0nAjTs1v_p2VD1gM6St8q9s_OD65i3y2HM9tUL7K_tMs348nmigWEX5jWLYVUHq_X3PfMm3yczGrjuIZCcEeoPqFjaVsnzLYjjaqYJQ/s1600-h/paris_triptych_2_w.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwRx5ha1r6sHDXvHYrsPz3637V5nkAbB0nAjTs1v_p2VD1gM6St8q9s_OD65i3y2HM9tUL7K_tMs348nmigWEX5jWLYVUHq_X3PfMm3yczGrjuIZCcEeoPqFjaVsnzLYjjaqYJQ/s400/paris_triptych_2_w.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245239301687573810" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Another triptych in the series.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-48015113427852967812008-06-08T16:59:00.000-04:002008-08-10T14:50:41.310-04:00New smaller paintings - Paris<span style="font-family:arial;">Upon relocation to Paris, a new series of paintings in a similar vein as the 100 Mission St. works. More specifically, they derive from some done in Northern California just before moving to France.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqv6cTW_QBMZEuSlOTJhcXrnDg1cyLlTjfnRpinB0TgwANMdQpnC2qIjtq6qewCUBZVFPzu0D6uKfKFoWm_CM3aRsKygrPLFjo_Ulbsxc0fkXU1SeuSnbp1-lT6oRNvoEs3Q5HQ/s1600-h/triptych_33x72_cm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqv6cTW_QBMZEuSlOTJhcXrnDg1cyLlTjfnRpinB0TgwANMdQpnC2qIjtq6qewCUBZVFPzu0D6uKfKFoWm_CM3aRsKygrPLFjo_Ulbsxc0fkXU1SeuSnbp1-lT6oRNvoEs3Q5HQ/s400/triptych_33x72_cm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232961229839767954" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">untitled as of yet</span>, acrylic on canvas, triptych, 33 x 72 centimeters.</span>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-6098083146120707052007-04-15T03:13:00.000-04:002008-09-12T16:59:27.319-04:00New Smaller Paintings<span style="font-family:arial;">Some smaller works, 2007</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />8" x 10"<br />acrylic on canvas - currently untitled<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGC08ulCV1WxUHn116M6ijSuMcw9D7mah7dfo1O_yOLgwZw2VSCkaZw2akZuMXqB925kHnMQQetsytSJkbs3VSj_3vq_bWq9NfeBN58aKqwSaww1rlzqfgkSTFhhmExXA-xclOPQ/s1600-h/IMG_0062.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 164px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGC08ulCV1WxUHn116M6ijSuMcw9D7mah7dfo1O_yOLgwZw2VSCkaZw2akZuMXqB925kHnMQQetsytSJkbs3VSj_3vq_bWq9NfeBN58aKqwSaww1rlzqfgkSTFhhmExXA-xclOPQ/s320/IMG_0062.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053555762738442146" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqCjtikJee-8TSHSJILi4s_RNd4-2nGuSY4_D2bHjVXDDLkG-T-wM0YcHeYGCYAA63ZT220Rw7Mw9pHlxz1bsPK6p7skNBGBtaG4RY8sNt1Wrkg66OfZOQcw8uG0eellfAtYE9w/s1600-h/IMG_0065.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrqCjtikJee-8TSHSJILi4s_RNd4-2nGuSY4_D2bHjVXDDLkG-T-wM0YcHeYGCYAA63ZT220Rw7Mw9pHlxz1bsPK6p7skNBGBtaG4RY8sNt1Wrkg66OfZOQcw8uG0eellfAtYE9w/s320/IMG_0065.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5053550471338733458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-3010888286185250042006-11-19T23:20:00.000-05:002009-01-10T13:05:23.125-05:00100 Mission St. Commission<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/6668/4547/1600/172566/100-mission-install---2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/6668/4547/320/707300/100-mission-install---2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Smaller presentation works meant to be large installations, but were not accepted for the commission.</span><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">The site was 100 Mission Street, San Francisco. The two paintings follow: above and below are photoshopped installation shots. The final works were to be 14' by 10', diptychs both.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/6668/4547/1600/894962/100-mission-install---1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/6668/4547/320/327367/100-mission-install---1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The two smaller works are to be found in the collection of the building.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/6668/4547/1600/632786/100-mission-painting---2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/6668/4547/320/327630/100-mission-painting---2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/6668/4547/1600/562722/100-mission-painting---1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/6668/4547/320/193722/100-mission-painting---1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-83468498279577877942006-11-16T01:00:00.000-05:002006-11-16T01:04:44.645-05:00Belle Epoque review in November Artweek<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/6668/4547/1600/stevenson_artweek_nov06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/6668/4547/320/stevenson_artweek_nov06.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />A larger (readable) version of this can be found <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_stevenson_art/291023448/">here</a>.Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-86815762578926264552006-11-10T13:19:00.000-05:002006-11-16T01:17:07.527-05:00Belle Epoque Statement<span style="font-family:arial;">The statement, from the LA show:<br /><br />This body of work is drawn from paintings of society women done by Jean Dominique Ingres, the French Classical painter of the 19th Century. The paintings started as a continuation of previous figurative works, with an interest in the formal aspects of the source paintings - the pose, the rendering of materials and so forth - but soon turned to what I saw as the artifice in Ingres' work. The idealization of the figures and the idealization of the environments hid the artistic license Ingres took with the anatomy of the women. So I pushed that incongruity by incorporating further the figures in an abstract context. Like engenders like and from these paintings arose the strictly abstract work, included here, the two paintings Belle Epoque - I and Belle Epoque - II. My present work continues in that vein. </span>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37255692.post-1162855969718530312006-11-06T18:21:00.000-05:002006-11-12T22:50:55.261-05:00Belle Epoque Exhibition in Los Angeles<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3663/4181/1600/quatre-robes%2C-studio-shot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3663/4181/400/quatre-robes%2C-studio-shot.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Quatres Robes</span>, finished state, in the studio at the Headlands Center for the Arts, in the Marin Headlands. The painting consists of eight panels and originated during my residency at the Vermont Studio Center. I wanted to play around with a painting that could be re-arranged by the viewer. The painting was part of an exhibition I recently had, entitled <span style="font-style: italic;">Belle Epoque</span>, consisting of five single panel paintings and this multi-paneled piece.<br />The exhibition first opened at<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> Mesa Contemporary Arts (municipal museum), in Mesa, Arizona, curated by Frank deCurtis, formerly the assistant curator there. It was up for three months, moved on to San Francisco, at One Sansome, presented by Jan Casey of Casey and Associates. Again, it was up for a couple of months before being <a href="http://www.angelsgateart.org/shows/belle_epoque.html">exhibited at Angel's Gate Cultural Center</a>, in Los Angeles. That stretch ran from July to October - it was taken down a week ago, and was reviewed by Kim Beil in Artweek, for the November edition. More images of the works exhibited, studio shots and the review can be seen <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_stevenson_art">here </a>on Flickr.<br />Also, installation shots uploaded by Angel's Gate can be seen <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=michael+stevenson++gate&m=text">here</a>, again on Flickr.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span>Michael Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01454918583096337950noreply@blogger.com