Stephen Lursen Art

My name is Stephen Lursen and I would love to invite you to join me as I create this abstract landscape painting from scratch. Over 50 minutes of video has been divided into 5 parts, each about 10 minutes for easier downloading or streaming. I will take you step by step so that you can make your very own painting too! Not only do I instruct on the painting itself, but also on all the tools used in the creation of this work. In this painting we will use pencils, heavy structure acrylic paint, fluid/soft body acrylic paint, and soft...

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 have recently had the opportunity to design a series of stamps for Donna Downey Studios.  The first set of 4 stamps is in manufacturing now and I have been asked to create round 2.  Working on this project has been a fun, challenging, obsessing and thankful opportunity.  Each stamp idea goes through many many changes before approval.  Not all drawings even get approved.  I am convinced that anything done really well, (be it art, music, performance, engineering or anything else) takes an extraordinary amount of work to arrive at its final successful presentation. Here are a set of 5 new...

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 needed to create one more winter themed painting for a class I scheduled in December. I thought back and forth about which subject matter would get the most attention for a class: a landscape, a painting of Santa and the reindeer flying in the sky, a close up of Santa's smiling face? I then decided on a winter landscape with a single tree lit up glowing softly in the snow. I did this because it could be hung for a couple more months after Christmas and it would still be appropriate. I hope this thinking will pay off in...