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Primitive-Mimialist Artist

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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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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
“Action on behalf of life transforms. Because th “Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us.”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer, “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants”
#healing #humanresources #nature #earthday #relationship #restoration #braidingsweetgrass #poetryunbound #wisdom #robinwallkimmerer @braidingsweetgrassbook @sdearthday @earthdaynetwork @earthdayproject @sdearthday @jerrysaltz @poetryunbound @conscious.capitalism
“Exposed by Light” 50x50” oil on canvas. 
“Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us.”
Robin Wall Kimmerer
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@pacegallery @abstractpainters #braidingsweetgrass @moca @artsandiego_ @artsandiego_ @sandiegomuseumofart @contemporaryartcollectors @dorlandmountainarts #sandiegoartist #sandiegoart #callforart #art #artgallery #artofinstagram #artcurator #interiordesign #artcuration
Being a maker, a crafts-person, an artist or an en Being a maker, a crafts-person, an artist or an entrepreneur is a natural and innate human activity. We’re born to make and create. It’s among the most valuable things we can do with our finite time on this planet.

We are made to make things that endure, that influence people, that make people’s lives better. The work isn’t about pretty, or precious.  It’s about making change.  The kind of change that builds on itself through the process of renewal, regeneration and collaboration with others and natural materials. It all starts with good raw material and clear intent.

My goal isn’t to make change for the sake of change, it’s to make the kind of change that improves the world of the people I work with. I suspect that’s true for you, too.
Attention good people of LIFE. ***Read the fine pr Attention good people of LIFE. ***Read the fine print***.
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#life #lifequotes #living #rulesforlofe #rulesoife #beautifulbusiness #beautifullife #artofliving #artoflife
“Magnetism” 40x55” oil on canvas. We cannot “Magnetism” 40x55” oil on canvas. 
We cannot help what we attracted to. The things in like that capture our attention and imagination is private and intimate. 

I’m always amazed that you never meet a human — you meet  humans looking for all kinds of things, and you never meet a human and  you say to them, What are you looking for? And they say, I’m looking for  yesterday; where did yesterday go to? We just take it that it goes into  nothingness. And that’s on one side. The other thing, of course, is  that we have no idea what will land on the shoreline of morning  tomorrow, so that we are always actively involved in receiving and  shaping.

So go ahead, love what you love, desire who and what you desire, embrace what you are called to. Become magnetized to what speaks to you. Answer the calling of your life.
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#fineart #contemporaryart #minimalism #minimalistart #simplicity #simpleliving #modernart #artcollector @artsandiego_ @sandiegomuseumofart @stevenmorris_artlife @call.forart @call_for_artists @dividemag @artistopportunities @call.for.artists @art @dorlandmountainarts #beautifullife #callforart #sandiegoartist #sandiegoart
“Primal Bloom” 50x50” oil on canvas with mix “Primal Bloom” 50x50” oil on canvas with mixed media.

Primal Spirituality is the understanding that we cannot think ourselves into happiness, fulfillment, and wholeness. And that the real human journey is centered on evolving, learning, growing, and personal development that requires a nourishing of the soul and activation of the human spirit.
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#spirituality #primalspirituality #abstractminimalism #minimalabstract @abstractpainters @sandiegoartinstitute @artsandiego_ @artsandiego @sandiegomuseumofart @call.forart @call_for_artists @dividemag @call.for.artists @galleryone962 @gallerikonstlobbyn @hivegallery @galleriesnow @searspeytongallery #fineart #artcollector @contemporaryartcollectors @art.collector @artcollectorcommunity #contemporaryart #modernartist @sparksgallery @dorlandmountainarts @todaysartreport
“Coyote Moon” oil and mixed media on canvas; 6 “Coyote Moon” oil and mixed media on canvas; 60x40”

We get near-daily visitations in one form or another from our wild canine neighbors. During moon cycles, just after sunrise, and when serenading, they remind us of the primordial  wilderness around and inside all of us.
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