Rick Stevens Art
American
BIOGRAPHY Rick Stevens’s career as an artist has evolved in much the same way his paintings do. He takes his inspiration from the natural world in all its sublime mystery, then surrenders to that mystery to let the unseen forces of nature guide his hand—and his life. This intuitive process creates room for those serendipitous moments that emerge only when the chattering of the conscious mind is stilled, allowing him to proceed with his life and work in an atmosphere of quiet joy and reverence.
It’s been that way ever since he was a small child growing up in Sparta, Michigan, when he used to watch his talented father as he painted evocative landscapes that reflected the beauty of woods, rivers, and wildlife. Inspired by that process, Stevens went on to study art at college, but his most intense education was provided by the woods themselves.
“Often it comes together in a mysterious way, through ‘accident’ or intuitive guidance,” says the artist. “It’s a process of projecting intention, then letting go of fixed ideas of how it will come together.”
— Rick Stevens
Shortly after graduation, he retreated to an isolated cabin in northern Michigan for a year to meditate and absorb the rhythms of the life forces that commingled within the forest. The move was precipitated by his association with a spiritual teacher from India, which brought about major changes in both his way of thinking and his lifestyle, including the cultivation of practices such as meditation and yoga. These disciplines complemented his study of compatible teachings from his own cultural heritage, such as that of the transcendentalists like Emerson and Thoreau, which provided a way of connecting to the spiritual aspects of nature. The existential questions raised in these studies also spurred his interest in quantum physics and other such scientific theories, along with a desire to explore these worlds through his art.(Biography provided by Paul Scott Gallery)
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"My work may be seen as an open window to other realms. Its visual vocabulary has evolved from years of painting the landscape. I think of nature as a continuous flow of shapes and patterns of energy that has, or more precisely is, an intelligent force. There has been a resurgence in the field of science (especially in physics) that corresponds with the domain of mystics. Matter and energy are interchangeable, all the forces and particles in nature are one, just different ripples on the the ocean of consciousness: a Unified Field.
My process is a journey of exploration of color, light, texture and the poetics of space. A sense of structure is important to me, but I avoid strong divisions. I require a certain ‘fluidity’ where everything is flowing into the next thing. My compositions are infused with an overall light that is all-inclusive. A sort of self generating light rather than one coming from an external source. This doesn’t allow anything to be read as separate from the whole. There is diversity, just like in the natural world, but there is an underlying unity that is apparent.
-Rick Stevens
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1979-81 Kendall School of Design
1977-79 Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Wilderness Within Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2013
Domain of Intangibles Mark Gallery Englewood, NJ
Nothing But Life Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2012
Weaving Worlds Mark Gallery Englewood, NJ
Perpetual Unfolding Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
Shaping the Unknown Gallery KH Chicago, IL
2011
Potentiality Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2010
Luminous Terrain Mark Gallery Englewood, NJ
Between Connections Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2009
Picture Music Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, New Mexico
Invoking the Unknown Gallery KH Chicago, Illinois
2008
Diverging Elements Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
Directional Developments Gallery KH Chicago, IL
2007
Evolving Structures Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2006
Emerging Balance Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2002
Nature's Harmony Hankins Gallery Lansing, MI
Beaver Island Perspective Montaage, Beaver Island, MI
2001
New Work Michael FitzSimmons Dec. Arts Chicago, IL
2000
Light and Reflection Hankins Gallery Lansing, MI
Mindscape/Landscape The Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan
1999
New Paintings The David Klein Gallery Birmingham, MI
Land, Light, and Luminosity LaFontsee Galleries Grand Rapids, MI
1997
Elemental Harmony Brauer Museum of Art Valparaiso, IN
1995
Fountain Street Church Grand Rapids, Michigan
1994
God’s Quiet Things; illustrations from the picturebook Shibui Gallery Grand Rapids, MI
Witness Newaygo County Council for the Arts Fremont, MI
1993
Isle Royale...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Rick Stevens Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Deepening Entwinement
By Rick Stevens
Located in Tulsa, OK
Artist's Statement
My work may be seen as an open window to other realms. Its visual vocabulary has evolved from years of painting the landscape. Although I no longer consider myself a landscape painter nature continues to be my muse. I think of nature as a continuous flow of shapes and patterns of energy that has, or more precisely is, an intelligent force. Most modern day physicists will tell us that all the forces and particles in nature are one, just different ripples on the ocean of consciousness: a Unified Field.
While acknowledging a debt to the abstract expressionists I don’t consider myself ‘of that school’. That movement tended to focus our attention upon the work as a thing in itself, identified with the art-process. While I wish to stay true to the modernist idea of process-oriented art, behind my shapes and colors on the picture surface there is always another realm, another order of meaning, however abstract that meaning may be.
A sense of structure is important to me, but I avoid strong divisions. I require a certain ‘fluidity’ where everything is flowing into the next thing. My compositions are infused with an overall light that is all-inclusive. This doesn’t allow anything to be read as separate from the whole. There is diversity, just like in the natural world, but there is an underlying unity that is apparent. I sometimes use preliminary sketches as beginning compositions for paintings and pastels. Much of my process is improvised, allowing the work to evolve organically.
~ Rick Stevens
Education
1982 Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
1979-81 Kendall School of Design
1977-79 Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Wilderness Within Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2013
Domain of Intangibles Mark Gallery Englewood, NJ
Nothing But Life Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2012
Weaving Worlds Mark Gallery Englewood, NJ
Perpetual Unfolding Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
Shaping the Unknown Gallery KH Chicago, IL
2011
Potentiality Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2010
Luminous Terrain Mark Gallery Englewood, NJ
Between Connections Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2009
Picture Music Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, New Mexico
Invoking the Unknown Gallery KH Chicago, Illinois
2008
Diverging Elements Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
Directional Developments Gallery KH Chicago, IL
2007
Evolving Structures Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2006
Emerging Balance Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2002
Nature's Harmony Hankins Gallery Lansing, MI
Beaver Island Perspective Montaage, Beaver Island, MI
2001
New Work Michael FitzSimmons Dec. Arts Chicago, IL
2000
Light and Reflection Hankins Gallery Lansing, MI
Mindscape/Landscape The Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan
1999
New Paintings The David Klein Gallery Birmingham, MI
Land, Light, and Luminosity LaFontsee Galleries Grand Rapids, MI
1997
Elemental Harmony Brauer Museum of Art Valparaiso, IN
1995
Fountain Street Church Grand Rapids, Michigan
1994
God’s Quiet Things; illustrations from the picturebook Shibui Gallery Grand Rapids, MI
Witness Newaygo County Council for the Arts Fremont, MI
1993
Isle Royale Artist-in-Residence Exhibition Shibui Gallery Grand Rapids, MI
1992
Re-Emergence Shibui Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
1991
Secrets of Balance Shibui Gallery Grand Rapids, MI
1990
Lowell Area Arts Council Lowell, MI
1989
Sylvan Light Grand Rapids Community College Grand Rapids, MI
1988
Realms of Nature: Unfolding Patterns Muskegon Museum of Art Muskegon, MI
1986
Fountain Street Church Grand Rapids, Michigan
1984
Elementary Harmony City Art Gallery Grand Rapids, MI
1983
Partners Gallery Lansing, MI
Spirit of Landscape City Art Gallery Grand Rapids, MI
Group Exhibitions
2013
Three Painters Paint Hunter Kirkland Conteporary Santa Fe, NM
Lanscapes Of The Mind Thomas Deans Fine Art Atlanta, GA
2012
The Line Reynolds Fine Art, New Haven, Connecticut
2009
Annual Show of New York Hunter Kirkland Contemporary Santa Fe, NM
2008-2009
Rhythms of Nature Mark Gallery Englewood, NJ
2003
Natural Code LaFontsee Gallery Grand Rapids, MI
2001
Common Ground LaFontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2003, 01, 00, 98
Featured Artist Edgewood Orchard Gallery Fish Creek, Wisconsin
2000
Sympathetic Resonance Michael FitzSimmons Decorative Arts Chicago, IL
1997-98
The New Regionalism traveling exhibition Suomi College of Art & Design Hancock, MI
Bonifas Fine Arts Center Escanaba, MI
Art Center of Battle Creek Battle Creek, Michigan
Krasl Art Center St. Joseph, Michigan
Port Huron Museum Port Huron, Michigan
2 Person Show Main Street Gallery Leland, MI
Personal Perspectives (2 person show) LaFontsee Galleries Grand Rapids, MI
The Genius of Place Buckham Gallery Flint, MI
The Leelanau Connection Midland Center for the Arts Midland, MI
1996
Intimate Rhythms, (two person) South Haven Center for the Arts South Haven, MI
Patterns in Nature, (two person) Main Street Gallery Leland, MI
Considering the Landscape LaFontsee Galleries Grand Rapids, MI
1995
Discovering Ourselves: Portraits in Art Muskegon Museum of Art
1993
An American Landscape Shibui Gallery Grand Rapids, MI
1992
Dance of Light Shibui Gallery Grand Rapids, MI
1990
The 11th Michigan Biennial: Recent Trends in Painting traveling exhibition
Kresge Art Museum
Saginaw Art Museum
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Ella Sharpe Museum
197
Mortal Light Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts Grand Rapids, MI
Awards
2003
Festival Award ($500), Festival Visual Arts Competition, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2001
First Place Festival Award ($1000), Festival Visual Arts Competition, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1999
Best of Show, 11th Annual Juried Exhibition, Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, Michigan
1998
Best of Show, West Michigan Regional Competition, Lowell Area Arts Council
1998
Third Place, Celebration: A Festival of Religious Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1997
Brickley DeLong Award, Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art
Perugino Award (First Place), A Renaissance Garden, Grand Rapids Art Museum
1996
First Place, Unique Perspectives, Franciscan Life Development Center, Lowell, MI
Second Place, Holland Friends of Art Annual Competition, Holland, MI
Purchase Award ($3500) Festival Visual Arts Competition, Grand Rapids, MI
Best 2-D, West Michigan Regional Competition, Lowell, MI
1995
Best of Show, Holland Friends of Art Annual Competition, Holland, Michigan
Henry Witt Buick Painting Award, Regional Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art
1994
Saginaw County Purchase Award ($500), State of the Arts Annual Exhibit
1991
Second Place, Holland Friends of Art 28th Annual Competition, Holland, Michigan
1989
Second Place, Celebration: A Festival of Religious Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1988
Friends of Art Award, Regional Exhibit, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan
1987
Second Place, Celebration: A Festival of Religious Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1986
First Place, Winterfest, Holland, Michigan
First Place, Celebration: A Festival of Religious Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan
1984
Festival Award and City Purchase Award, Festival, Grand Rapids, MI
Best of Show, Art in the Park, Birmingham, MI
1983
Best of Show and Best Display, Ramparts: Affairs of the Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Collections
Almutiaq Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
World Trade Center Hotel, Beijing China
Goldman Sachs, NY
St. Johns College, MD
Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart, GA, FL
RDV Sportsplex, FL
Brauer Museum of Art
Muskegon Museum of Art
Grand Valley State University
Governors Mansion, Mackinac Island, Michigan
Herman Miller
Dow Chemicals
Steelcase, Inc.
Bissell, Inc.
Calvin College
Northern Trust, Milwaudee, Wisconsin
Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt and Howlett
Warner, Norcross and Judd
Michigan National Bank
Beaumont Hospital
Spectrum Health
Alticor
Residencies
2003 New Harmony, IN
1997 Acadia National Park, ME
1997 Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, IN
1995 Sleeping Bear Dunes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Rick Stevens Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
COSMIC JUNCTION
By Rick Stevens
Located in Tulsa, OK
Artist's Statement
My work may be seen as an open window to other realms. Its visual vocabulary has evolved from years of painting the landscape. Although I no longer consider myself a landscape painter nature continues to be my muse. I think of nature as a continuous flow of shapes and patterns of energy that has, or more precisely is, an intelligent force. Most modern day physicists will tell us that all the forces and particles in nature are one, just different ripples on the ocean of consciousness: a Unified Field.
While acknowledging a debt to the abstract expressionists I don’t consider myself ‘of that school’. That movement tended to focus our attention upon the work as a thing in itself, identified with the art-process. While I wish to stay true to the modernist idea of process-oriented art, behind my shapes and colors on the picture surface there is always another realm, another order of meaning, however abstract that meaning may be.
A sense of structure is important to me, but I avoid strong divisions. I require a certain ‘fluidity’ where everything is flowing into the next thing. My compositions are infused with an overall light that is all-inclusive. This doesn’t allow anything to be read as separate from the whole. There is diversity, just like in the natural world, but there is an underlying unity that is apparent. I sometimes use preliminary sketches as beginning compositions for paintings and pastels. Much of my process is improvised, allowing the work to evolve organically.
~ Rick Stevens...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Rick Stevens Art
Materials
Oil
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