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Karl Stephan Studio
"Driven by Color 2001-2023"
a thumbnail sketch of artistic development
Return to Painting - 2001-14
Returning to painting in the wake of 9/11. The work is realistic and mostly still life.
Color Improvisation - 2018-19
Influenced by street art, improvised color abstraction through methods of decontrol.
Return to Representation - 2023
Incorporating the results of my abstract color experiments back into realism.
Layered Abstraction - 2015-17
Exploring alternate modes, using layered drawings and symbols in abstract form.
Organized Abstraction - 2020-22
Abstractions become more organized in pursuit of the musicality of color.
Return to Figuration - 2023
Extending a new color sense into figurative and protrait work.
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