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Primitive-Mimialist Artist

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Take a page from “The Beautiful Business.”
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“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.”
— Toni Morrison.
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#beautifulbusiness #tonimorrison #bookreviewersofinstagram #bookreviewers #artistsoninstagram #artofliving #authorsofinstagram #author #artist #votewithyourwallet #loveatwork #gettowork #getbusyliving
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#vote #votewithyourwallet #voteyourconscience #supportbusiness #beautifulbusiness @businessforgood_sd @matter_smorris @patagonia @sony @morgan.stanley @benandjerrys
I hear people are planning to #boycotttourism to t I hear people are planning to #boycotttourism to these states that are taking control over women’s bodies. People have the power to vote with their wallet. 
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#votewithyourwallet #votewithyourwallets #boycotttourism #supportroevwade #scotusruling #youhavepower #riseup #resist #handsoff
“Hidden Wholeness” #oiloncanvas 24”x36” so “Hidden Wholeness” #oiloncanvas 24”x36” sold, framed, and delivered. This piece has a quiet and soulful simplicity to it. The title is inspired by the @pjpalmer39 (Parker Palmer) book of the same name. 
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“Like a wild animal, the soul is tough, resilient, resourceful, savvy, and self-sufficient: it knows how to survive in hard places. I learned about these qualities during my bouts with depression. In that deadly darkness, the faculties I had always depended on collapsed. My intellect was useless; my emotions were dead; my will was impotent; my ego was shattered. But from time to time, deep in the thickets of my inner wilderness, I could sense the presence of something that knew how to stay alive even when the rest of me wanted to die. That something was my tough and tenacious soul.”
— Parker J. Palmer, A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life
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#hiddenwholeness @the_driskel_house_1972 @jlawston @pjpalmer39 #parkerpalmer #contemporaryart #fineart #midcenturymodern @archdigest @dwellmagazine @artsandiego_ @sandiegomuseumofart @sandiegoartinstitute @visitsandiego @dwellondesign #dwell #beautifulhomes #beautifulart #minimalandcontemporary #minimalism #primal #aesthesis #primalaesthesis #stevenmorris #stevenmorrisartist @stevenmorris_artlife @stevenmorris_art @artistopportunities @artnews @artinamerica #californiaartist #sandiegobeauty #artcollector #fineartcollector
Sharing the love for the @the_driskel_house_1972 n Sharing the love for the @the_driskel_house_1972 new arrival. Thank you @jlawston and Ruben! 
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#midcenturymodern #artcollectors #fineart #modernart #interiordeisgn @dwellmagazine @dwellondesign @archdigest @sparksgallery #sandiegoartist @stevenmorris_artlife #stevenmorrisartist #artsandiego @artnews #beauty
One of my pieces “Flourish” is aglow in the @t One of my pieces “Flourish” is aglow in the @the_driskel_house_1972 which is lovingly occupied by @jlawston and Ruben. This beautiful #midcenturymodern home has been carefully restored and is a brilliant example of what the #goodlife can be. 
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#midcentury #midcentueymodernarchitecture @sandiegomag @sandiego.living #sandiegoarchitecture #artcollector #interiordesign @dwellmagazine @dwellondesign @archdigest @sdarchitecture @sandiegoarchitecture #sandiegoartscene #sandiegoarchitecture #sandiegoliving @sandiegoartnews @sandiegomuseumofart @sandiegoartinstitute @artwalksd @sdartsculture @sdarchitecture #sdartist #sdart @sparksgallery #sandiegoartscene #interiordesigner #midcenturystyle #midcenturyhome
In a world that’s consumed by the chaos of hurt, In a world that’s consumed by the chaos of hurt, pain, and destruction, why not create art? 

Beauty (of heart, mind, and soul) is perhaps the antidote that the world needs most.
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#artistsoninstagram #powerofart #abstractart #fineart #artcollector #arttherapylife #arttherapy #interiordesign #livingart #contemporaryart @friezenewyork @friezeofficial @white_columns @artsandiego_ @moca @modernart @abstractsonfire @interiordesignmag
A little artistry during our pre-Anniversary getaw A little artistry during our pre-Anniversary getaway at @mcasandiego with @opening.spaces 
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#frankstella #johnbaldessari #johnbaldessariart #mocasandiego #artistry #musuem #artmuseum #lajolla
One of my favorite things is to show and share my One of my favorite things is to show and share my art. It’s always such an honor to be invited into beautiful homes filled with love and good people to give them options of my paintings. We get to talk about what it means to them and how their way of living is enlivened by the art they buy and live with. 

An art buyer shared with me recently they didn’t think that buying original art was within reach until a friend suggested it to them. And then they bought art. 

I get it. Most people think that buying or collecting original art is for the elite, uber-wealthy, or similar. It’s not or, at least, it shouldn’t be. Art heals the soul, beautifies your world, enlivens your surroundings and much more. And when you buy art that speaks to you, it becomes personal. 

When you buy art from someone you know or get to know, then the personal connection to it deepens. I always feel like I’m being invited into their everyday world. I love knowing that my art touches them, speaks to them, and improves their world. Living with everyday beauty, is the real value of art. Everyone deserves that. 

Here’s a few pics from the weekend.

Take a peek at my recent works and what’s behind “Primal Aesthesis” here: https://stevenmorris.gallery/portfolio/stevenmorris-primal-aesthesis-2022/
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#artcollector #interiordesign #interiordecor @dwellmagazine @dwellondesign @dwell_shop @archdigest @ad_magazine @artsandiego_ @moca @modernart @abstractsonfire @abstractpainters #minimalandcontemporary #fineart #fineartpainting @adelmanfineart
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Does a bobcat have #buddha nature? A backyard visi Does a bobcat have #buddha nature? A backyard visitation from this morning with @opening.spaces
Untitled. Mixed media on wood panel . . . . . . . Untitled. 
Mixed media on wood panel
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#oiloncanvas #stevenmorrisartist #minimalism #fineart #primitivism #essentialism #artcollector #interiordesign @modernart @abstractsonfire @moca @dwellmagazine @artistopportunities #artcollector
Another remarkable + magical show last night at th Another remarkable + magical show last night at the @themagnoliasd by @raylamontagne — he is a soulful artist, through and through.
With @opening.spaces
“Infinite Self” 60x48” oil on wood panel. #j “Infinite Self” 60x48” oil on wood panel. #juryprizeaward winner 
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#artprize #juryprizewinner #awardwinningart #architectualdigest @archdigest #contemporaryart #contemporarypaintings #fineart #sandiegoart #awardwinningartist #sandiegoartist @abstractsonfire @interiordesignmag @dwellmagazine @dorlandmountainarts #interiordesign #interiordesignart #beautifulbusiness @stevenmorris_artlife @matter_smorris @sandiegomuseumofart @sandiegoartinstitute @artsandiego_ @jerrysaltz @modernart @moca
Primal triptych / each 24x48” oil on wood panel. Primal triptych / each 24x48” oil on wood panel. These are early works in the “Primal Aesthetes” series. More at stevenmorris.gallery.
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#sandiegoart #callforart #artistsoninstagram #contemporaryart #modernart #artgallery #artforthehome #primalart
Details, details, #details. “Start Close In” Details, details, #details.

“Start Close In” By @davidjwhyte 

Start close in,
don’t take the second step
or the third,
start with the first
thing
close in,
the step
you don’t want to take.

Start with
the ground
you know,
the pale ground
beneath your feet,
your own
way of starting
the conversation.

Start with your own
question,
give up on other
people’s questions,
don’t let them
smother something
simple.

To find
another’s voice,
follow
your own voice,
wait until
that voice
becomes a
private ear
listening
to another.

Start right now
take a small step
you can call your own
don’t follow
someone else’s
heroics, be humble
and focused,
start close in,
don’t mistake
that other
for your own.

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#details #ardetails #closeup #lifecloseup #poetryunbound #davidwhye #davidwhytepoetry #poetry #poeticsouls #sandiegoart #sandiegoartist #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #fineart
“Natural Alchemy” 46″x46″ Oil on canvas wi “Natural Alchemy” 46″x46″ Oil on canvas with mixed media. Part o a new series entitled “Primal Aesthesis” > learn more at: stevenmorris.gallery/ 
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@interiordesignmag @dwellmagazine @artistopportunities @dorlandmountainarts @jerrysaltz @braidingsweetgrassbook @poetryunbound @moca @sandiegoartinstitute @sandiegomuseumofart #sandiegoartist #sandiegoart #callforart #gallery #gallerywall #interiordesign #interior #artcollector #artistsoninstagram #art #artdaily #artlover #artalive #artalive2022
Fresh paint from the studio this weekend. 24”x36 Fresh paint from the studio this weekend. 24”x36” oil on canvas. One of a series of several new #paintings …in the works. 
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#contemporaryart #minimalism #minimalistart #primitiveart #primitive #primalart #primalmovement #artcollector #artcurator #artgallery @sparksgallery @pacegallery @lisson_gallery @galleryarteazulejo @artistopportunities @call.for.artists @sandiegoartinstitute @sandiegomuseumofart @artsandiego_ @sandiegomag @sandiego.living @interiordesignmag #artinterior #interiorliving @thestyleandliving @dwellmagazine
The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions th The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been concealed by the answers.

— #jamesbaldwin
New work emerging from my #contemplative #immersio New work emerging from my #contemplative #immersion week in the mountains. Nothing but #painting - #reading (“Braiding Sweetgrass,”#maryoliver and #louiseglück ) and #hiking in the #wilderness .
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#acryliconwood #fineart #thinkweek #contemplationweek #poetryunbound #callforart #sandiegoart #sandiegoartist #fineart @jerrysaltz @braidingsweetgrassbook @moca @sandiegoartinstitute @artsandiego_ @sandiegomuseumofart @call.forart @dividemag @artistopportunities @dorlandmountainarts #livingartistry #livingart #artcollector #artofinstagram #artwork #mythologyart #mythologyartwork
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