Rick Stevens, “A Glimmer of Memory”, 2015, Pastel on Paper, 14 x 14 Inches
Michigan-based artist Rick Stevens began as a landscape painter, but the ephemeral appeal of nature eventually led him away from the realistic rendering of what he saw around him and into a realm of abstraction, where pulsating energy and lambent light create the crescendos and diminuendos of a world in continuous flux. Working both in the studio and en plein air, he draws on the realism and abstractions of the natural world to create paintings that challenge us to perceive the underlying structure of the universe within a seemingly random expression of unalloyed beauty.
Reblogged with thanks to the artist’s site: http://rickstevensart.tumblr.com