Hope Stevenson
Point Cabrillo Light Station, Mendocino
c.2000

About the Item

This artwork titled "Point Cabrillo Light Station, Mendocino" c.2000 is an oil painting on canvas by American artist Hope Stevenson, 1939-2015. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 12 x 16 inches, framed size is 18.85 x 21.85 inches. framed in a wooden plein air style gold frame. it is in excellent condition. About the artist: Hope was born July 22, 1939, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her family moved to Palo Alto, California, during World War II, where her father worked at Moffett Field and later for Borg Warner. After the war, her family relocated to Mexico City where her father and grandmother founded MORESA, an automotive parts manufacturing business. Upon graduating from the American School, Hope attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, where she planned to study architecture. It was there that she met and married Ronald Lee Stevenson, Hope later completed her education in 1970 earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. Hope taught art and Spanish for 10 years at the junior high and high school levels in Eaton, Colorado. It was really after her children, Mark and Brian, had graduated from high school and college and left home that Hope embarked on her remarkable career as a professional artist. She began showing her work in Colorado and later in galleries in California, including Carmel and Laguna Beach. As Hope's career gathered momentum, she and Ron moved to a home that Hope designed just outside of Mendocino where she showed her work at the Highlight Gallery and the Mendocino Art Center. Over the next 20 years, she became one of the better known and accomplished artists in Mendocino. While her talent crossed a variety of media, she was best known for her plein air work in landscapes with a palette knife. Hope also taught private lessons and group seminars and classes at the Mendocino Art Center and in various locales in Hawaii, Bermuda and Europe. During their years in Mendocino, Hope and Ron traveled extensively, doing house swaps for a month or more at a time with families from France, Spain, England and the Netherlands. Hope continued to paint and teach classes in Mendocino after her diagnosis of Alzheimers, but in 2008 she and her family determined that a move to Portland, Oregon, where her sons lived with their families would be most beneficial for her long-term health. Hope discovered a plein air painting group in the Portland area and shifted the focus of her painting to landscapes in the Pacific Northwest. Resume Information Background and Education: Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico - 1939 Raised in Mexico City, Mexico Attended: University of Colorado - 1957-1958 Mexico City College - 1958 Chicago Academy of Fine Art - 1963 Degree: B. A. - Fine Arts - University of Northern Colorado - 1970 (Admitted to Master's Program in Fine Arts - l980) Art Teacher: Eaton School District, Eaton, CO - 1970-1982 Professional Artist: 1982 to present Currently teaches workshops in California and Hawaii. Art Shows and Awards - Oils: AAUW Art Mart, Greeley, CO - l975, l976, l977 - Jurors' Choice Award, l977 Gilpin County Art Show, Central City, CO - l978 Thompson Valley Regional Juried Show, Loveland, CO - 1st and 2nd, Oils, l978 Poudre Valley Regional Juried Exhibit, Ft. Collins, CO - 1979 High Plains Regional All-Media Juried Show, Greeley, CO - 1980 Northern Colorado Invitational Show, Greeley, CO - 1979-1985 Grasslands Rendezvous National Juried Show, Greeley, CO - 1985 Professional Artists of Colorado Art Show, Colorado Springs, CO - 1985 Niwot Gallery Invitational Show, Longmont, CO - 1st and Best of Show - 1986 Stampede Art Show, Regional Juried, Greeley, CO - Jurors' Choice Award, 1987 The Best and the Brightest Show, Scottsdale Artists' School, Scottsdale, AZ - 3rd, Oils,1987 Landscapes:Euro. & Amer. Perspectives, Carega Foxley Leach Gallery, Wash.D.C.-1989 Mendocino Art Center-several group shows including juried shows and awards, 1991-2000 Mayor's Choice Show, Carmel, CA - 1995 Mendocino Art Center Juried Membership Show - Ist (Top Award), 1999; Hon. Mention, 2000 Landscape Interpretations: Redwood to Oak-Ocean to Stream, Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah CA, April - July 31 2005 Hope Stevenson's unique palette knife technique continues the tradition of California Impressionism in all its bright and colorful glory. Her work compares in style particularly well to that of Edgar Payne (1882-1947) One-Woman Shows: Maxims of Greeley, CO - May, l983 Niwot Gallery, Longmont, CO - August, l986 Haggenmaker Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA - January, 1988 Doug's Hang-Up, Greeley, CO - December, l989 Highlight Gallery, Mendocino, CA - Yearly since 1988 Smith Cosby Gallery, Carmel, CA - Featured Artist Show, Carmel Art Fest. May 1995 Gallery 10, Mendocino Art Center - September, 2005 Commissioned Work: Cover design for weaving booklet - l975 Set of ink drawings of Centennial Village for the City of Greeley (for note cards) - 1977 Ink drawings for St. Paul's Congregational Church, Greeley, CO - 1980 City of Greeley, new Recreation Center, oil painting - 1985 City of Greeley l989 Calendar, oil painting - 1988 Book cover painting:"Mendocino From The Beginning", Mendocino,CA, 1992 Knife Painting on jeroboam wine bottle for "Winesong", Mendocino, CA, 1994, 1995,1996 "Winesong" 1997 poster painting, Mendocino, CA, 1997 She was the recipient of many awards and enjoyed successes in numerous solo exhibitions. Her paintings can be found in important private, corporate and government collections throughout the United States and abroad.

Creator:

Hope Stevenson (1939 - 2015, American)

Creation Year:

c.2000

Dimensions:

Height: 18.85 in (47.88 cm)Width: 21.85 in (55.5 cm)Depth: 1.75 in (4.45 cm)

Medium:

Oil

Movement & Style:

American Impressionist

Period:

21st Century