Stephen Clark

Statement
I seek to surprise myself, both in the decisions made and their final resting place. The process is the definitive core of this work; not seeking a predictable and known road. I enjoy sinking my teeth into diverse subject matter to spur my imagination. The result represents a playful yet strategic undertaking. The method involves sifting through my mental art history Rolodex, the spectrum of mark making, crude sketches, language and collage elements to join and arrive at a place that is unexpectedly cohesive. They are both reverent and irreverent in regards to the two dimensional vocabulary and it’s history. I approach the paintings as distilling vessels, each being distinctive in it’s own voyage.

“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time”

“Little Gidding” T. S. Eliot

Education:
1982 Columbia University, New York, NY
M.F.A., Painting

1979 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA
B.F.A., Painting and Printmaking

Solo Exhibitions:
2020 Quirk Gallery, new work-paintings, Richmond VA
2014 OK Harris Gallery, “new work- Paintings’ New York, NY
2012 Main Art Gallery, “New Work” , Richmond VA
2009 Page Bond Gallery, “New Work”, Richmond, VA
2008 Page Bond Gallery, “Wedges, Ducks and Heros” Richmond VA
2006 OK Harris Gallery, “Work Portraits / Opus Paintings ”New York, NY
2005 Krause Gallery, “Work Portraits / Opus Paintings” Atlanta GA
Plant Zero, “Work Portraits / Opus Paintings”, Richmond VA
2004 OK Harris Gallery, “Opus/Constant Painting” New York, NY
Page Bond Gallery, “Opus/Constant Paintings”, Richmond VA
2002 Reynolds Gallery, “Equations, Currents and Chariots”, Richmond, VA.