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FALLRISE
acrylic paint and oil stick on linen
61cm x 61cm
Soliloquy
100cm x 50cm
acrylic paint & oil stick on linen
( quote;- Michele Montaigne )
I AM THE RESURRECTION
acrylic paint/spray on paper
21cm x 30cm
It's not the way the reach out and steal the breath from every spoken word
acrylic and oil stick on canvas
80cm x 50cm
The Watchtower Gallery
Home of the Ian Stephenson RA Colletion
79 West End
Tweedmouth
Berwick upon Tweed
TD15 2HE
Roche Court
East Winterslow
Salisbury, Wiltshire
SP5 1BG
A highly influential artist of the sixties and seventies, Stephenson was known for paintings built from thousands of tiny dots of paint, gradually layered to produce areas of density and depth — yet float mesmerizingly over surfaces, whether canvas or paper. A former tutor on the MA Painting course at Chelsea School of Art, (1970-89), Stephenson studied under Sir Lawrence Gowing at
Kings College Newcastle (1951-56), to become a Studio Demonstrator on the ‘Basic Course’, the now iconic experiment in art education founded by the artists Victor Pasmore and Richard Hamilton.
In turn, Stephenson’s teaching methods influenced the careers of a younger generation of artists including Sean Scully, Christopher Lebrun, Patrick Caulfield, Helen Chadwick,
Rita Donagh, James Latter, Michael Moon, Mali Morris and James Hugonin.