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New Works 2018

My studio has been alive this summer with work on a series of new paintings for galleries and private collections. Here's a sampling of some of this new work.

Posted bySteven MorrisMay 31, 2018January 14, 2019Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on New Works 2018

/ Emergence / Series

“When I say artist I mean the one who is building things – some with a brush – some with a shovel – some choose a pen.” — Jackson Pollack / Emergence / is a series of paintings that explore the elastic elements of change, metamorphosis and emergence—how the human experience is constantly forming andContinue reading "/ Emergence / Series"

Posted bySteven MorrisJune 20, 2017April 14, 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:painting3 Comments on / Emergence / Series

On Artistry.

I’m thinking of beauty and artistry, in its many forms, and how the simplest things that inform our mind and mind’s eye when there is space and presence to do so. The role of art or artistry has little to do with functionalism or the creation of artifact. It has to do with changing one’sContinue reading "On Artistry."

Posted bySteven MorrisMarch 16, 2017November 10, 2020Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on On Artistry.

Art + Poetry

Working with poetry, literally, I've created a series of pieces with Japanese Ink Brush on the pages from Poetry Magazine past issues. This fusion creates a unique way to breath in both the poetry and layered imagery.

Posted bySteven MorrisJanuary 18, 2016September 7, 2016Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Art + Poetry

Stop Motion Sketch

Day 85 of 100 Days of Art "Open New Mines" Painting study for "Blood Moon Morning"

Posted bySteven MorrisNovember 25, 2015September 7, 2016Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Stop Motion Sketch

works in progress

Spending a bit of time in the studio this week on a variety of pieces. Here's a few in progress. These works are mostly studies for larger paintings, but a few are complete, albeit small, oil on wood panel (notably "waves" and "red sheet nude").  

Posted bySteven MorrisFebruary 22, 2015September 7, 2016Posted inUncategorized2 Comments on works in progress

Joshua Tree sketches

Evan and I visited Joshua Tree over the holiday break. Here's a few plein air sketches.

Posted bySteven MorrisJanuary 2, 2015September 7, 2016Posted inUncategorizedLeave a comment on Joshua Tree sketches

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The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you Don’t go back to sleep! Everything you need to heal A palimpsest is a surface that has been written over — but not quite erased. The earlier marks stay. Faint. Present. Inflecting everything that comes after. As a grad student Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institue, one of my final projects in our Psyche-Nature course, I’m working on a large palimpsest painting grounded in a Goethean, Jungian arts-based inquiry at Torrey Pines, in San Diego near my home. Blessed by the beauty, “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ― Søren Kierkegaard After a long day of writing about theopoesis—the way art becomes a kind of devotional seeing—I needed to step outside and let the world speak back. A day’s passage from Florence to Venice felt like stepping through a shimmering veil—albeit one reached by bullet train and espresso cart—from the marble heart of the Renaissance into a dream precariously balancing on water. Here, beauty was once the leading currency. Silk, spice, and song crossed the Adriatic, each arrival an offering to imagination itself. Venice, just for a moment.
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