Stephen Lursen Art — original art

I am very proud to present my newest large scale painting "Expecting Glory"! I hope you had the chance to read my last post explaining the back story to my newest finished painting. If not, please read here. So without any further a du, I present to you Expecting Glory. (I have officially copyrighted this work via copyright.gov) Expecting Glory by Stephen Lursen Acrylic on 2 panels 7' tall x 6' wide Original painting can be purchased online @: https://howtopaint.myshopify.com/products/expecting-glory-original-painting-by-stephen-lursen High Resolution PDF versions for personal use can be purchased at: https://howtopaint.myshopify.com/products/expecting-glory-downloadable-pdf Detail shots of Expecting Glory: Here is the...

I was extremely blessed by Donna Downey last year when she offered to include me in a series of paintings and subsequent workshops. The third and final workshop at Donna Downey Studios in Huntersville, NC just ended last month (May 2015). The concept behind this series was a collaborative project where Donna would create a brightly colored abstract whimsical background. She would then hand off the canvas to me and I would paint a figure on top of the canvas. In our second Workshop that took place at the studio in January of this year (2015), one of our wonderful...

In 2014 I was commissioned to create a painting for a customer in the Lake Norman area. We met and had a brief conversation about what colors she likes and dislikes and about the fact that she wanted the painting to give the experience of looking at clouds - having no intentional imagery, but the opportunity to read into it what one sees in the moment. I started by painting 2 small scale mock ups for a 2nd meeting where I could get more feedback giving me a little bit more clarity on her hopes and dreams for the painting....

Color Splash Original Painting for Sale $2,144 This is the 36"x 36" painting that my wife Cara and I worked on together immediately following the Galaxy Splash Abstract painting. This is also an acrylic painting, but has no gold leaf. Sometimes... rarely,  I edit back the labor in a painting and this is probably the simplest painting I have ever worked on of this size. Part of the motivation of editing back was because I was working on this painting with Cara who has simpler and more colorful taste than I do. I do enjoy collaborating on paintings with others because...

SUN AND MOON abstract painting - For Sale $700 I recently wanted to experiment with layering materials known, with new materials to me. Materials and media I am very familiar with in this painting include acrylic paint, gold leaf, glitter, and ink. The new medium I incorporated to increase the depth of layers was Epoxy Resin. Specifically I used a product used to coat bar tops. One coat of this epoxy resin is the equivalent to 70 coats of polyurethane. I painted the background, then mixed the resin, poured on the resin. While the resin was fresh and wet, I...