Stephen Lursen Art

I was recently commissioned to paint a new Hummingbird painting by a customer in Virginia. After talking with her to find out what she wanted I got to work in my studio. The rest is history! Thank you Lauren! Sincerely, Stephen Hummingbird Painting III Stephen Lursen Acrylic, sequins, and glitter on canvas 12" x12" 2015 After it arrived at her home, she opened the box and immediately hung it on her wall.  Here are the images she sent me that same day!

I was recently commissioned to create an abstract landscape painting based on some of my past works, but this one had the request of a specific color palette. This work is the most textural of my past abstract landscapes and also includes gold leaf. Abstract Landscape for Karen Dortschy - Artist and owner of http://www.hautedaugeportraits.com/ I have been working with Karen for a year now as she has rapidly grown her artist business. The demand for her work has consistently grown, and not a week has gone by since I've worked with her that she hasn't had a commission or...

In May of 2015, Donna Downey and I taught a workshop at Donna Downey Studios in Huntersville, NC. The paintings were broken down into 2 main segments. First, Donna taught how to create a beautifully colorful background with layers of texture and imagery. Once she had completed her part I took over and taught how to draw a figure using the grid method and then proceeded to teach how to paint in with flesh tones and hair, etc. The end paintings that were produced were all spectacular and uniquely their own! I'd like to show you the process I used...

Abstract #2 by Stephen Lursen Acrylic on Canvas 12"x12" 2015 SOLD Hello and welcome to StephenLursen.com! I recently rolled my blogspot account over to a dot com and I am in the process of updating and improving my website. My first post since the change is this one! I am very happy to introduce my new online workshop called Abstract Workshop #2. I have created a trailer made up of excerpts from the workshop. I hope you enjoy it! If you like what you saw in the trailer, the full video is over 50 minutes of artistic educational content. The...

     This is Stephen Lursen and I am so excited to be releasing a brand new art instructional video called Abstract Workshop 1. In this video I take you step by step from a blank 12"x12" gallery depth canvas to the final brush stroke of this beautiful abstract painting. Working in a completely intuitive process, this beautiful completely abstract painting has a focus on Light Molding Paste, palette knives, and pointillism. I selected a cool color palette to create a rich and highly textured background and then brighten and warm the work of art with touches of magenta, pink, orange, and yellow....