Stephen Lursen Art — abstract landscape

New finished paintings! These will be hung at a group show in Rock Hill, SC.  The show will be called In Flux. Abstract Landscape III Acrylic and soft pastel on canvas 16"x20" 2014SOLD Abstract Landscape II Acrylic and soft pastel on canvas 16"x20" 2014 SOLD Abstract Landscape I Acrylic, oil paint, and oil pastel on canvas 36"x48" 2013SOLD

I received an email a couple weeks ago from a gentleman concerning a painting he was hoping to purchase.  He saw my painting entitled Shipyard hanging in Starbucks in Lake Norman, NC.  His wife is opening a brand new hot yoga studio in Mooresville later this month and he wanted to give her a gift.  They regularly sit beneath my painting on their coffee dates and have grown fond of the painting.  As a result, I agreed to paint a new one for their business! Step 1: After buying the right wood and construction supplies, I began the work to...

I graduated from Grad School in May of 2012 with my M.F.A. which meant that for the first time in 3 years I was free to paint as an artist without the pressure of obligatory defense.  Don't get me wrong, now that over a year has passed, I would enjoy going to a critique discussing art. It's just that in June of 2012 All I had ever known as an artist, was synchronized with being a student for... (let's see, K-12, then 4.5 years of undergrad, then 3 years of grad school...) a long time. So the very first painting...