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  Pioneer Spirit
  
  Oil on paper
  Art dimensions: 22" x 15"
  $450
  
  
  

  

  Yellow and Green
  
  Oil on paper
  Art dimensions: 22" x 15"
  $450
  
  
  

  

  The Place Where I Met You
  
  Oil on paper
  Art dimensions: 22" x 15"
  $775 Framed
  
  
  

  

  She Never Understood What Made Him Tic
  
  Oil on paper
  Art dimensions: 30" x 22"
  $650
  
  

  

  New Beginnings
  
  Oil on paper
  Art dimensions: 22" x 30"
  $1,100 Framed
  
  

  

  An Uncomfortable Space
  
  Oil on paper
  Art dimensions: 22" x 30"
  $650
  
  

  

  Red with Black Lines
  
  Oil on paper
  Art dimensions: 15" x 22"
  $450
  
  
  

  

  Red with Orange
  
  Oil on paper
  Art dimensions: 15" x 22"
  $450
  
  
  

  

  Between Here and There
  
  Oil on paper
  Art dimensions: 15" x 22"
  $450
  
  
  

  

  Strong Red on the Left
  
  Oil on paper
  Art dimensions: 22" x 30"
  $650
  
  

  

  Everything is Meaningless
  
  Oil on paper
  Art dimensions: 22" x 30"
  $650
  
  

  

  Green/Gray with Blue and Yellow Line
  
  Oil on paper
  Art dimensions: 22" x 30"
  $650
  
  

  abstract, color block, color fields, meditative, healing, linear, gestural, colorful, contemporary, atmospheric, natural
  
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  Things aren't the way they sometimes seem
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME180808C

  

  It's ok if you want to stay
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME180809C

  

  Don't feel guilty about the way you are
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME180806C

  

  I'm slowly coming apart
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME140821C

  

  Try this for a change
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME140824C

  

  You remind me of who I used to be
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME140825C

  

  Show me the way
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME121006C

  

  If you wouldn't mind, I would like to leave
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME180701C

  

  There were signs everywhere you looked
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME190101C

  

  In your eyes, I'm never right
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME180705C

  

  There's a reason she won't say yes
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME140802C

  

  She took off without saying goodbye
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME181202C

  

  He has always professed admiration and respect for himbr>
  Oil on paper
  
  SME181201C

  

  I am happy now that you're here
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME180704C

  

  Why do you always stand so close
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME180703C

  

  He told his wife the same thing
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME160508C

  

  Bioluminescence
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME180601C

  

  The poet was unable to find the words
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME160505C

  

  That was then...this is now
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME160510C

  

  He couldn't leave it as he found it
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME141002C

  

  There was only one way out
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME170301C

  

  Their relationship was more fragile than anyone realized
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME160902C

  

  Why must we put ourselves through this again
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME160903C

  

  Do you remember this
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME121011C

  

  Is he an image maker or copycat
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME160501C

  

  He practiced what he wanted to say to her
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME141003C

  

  All we knew about him was this
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME160502C

  

  Just the concept of heaven was no longer enough for him
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME160507C

  

  Be careful what you ask for
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME170101C

  

  Without uniforms they all look the same
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME170102C

  

  She had never seen this side of him
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME140811C

  

  Coastal Breeze
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME170401C

  

  Learning to Fly
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME170402C

  

  We never agreed on this
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME140801C

  

  Everything was suddenly clear
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME140820C

  

  There was something unspoken between them
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME140813C

  

  Abstract: Green & Blue
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME131201C

  

  I wept as the sun melted
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME121002C

  

  Don't try to hold me
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME140818C

  

  The sand felt warm between her toes
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME160509C

  

  Wake up - It's time to move on
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME160901C

  

  There was magic in the air
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME170302C

  

  Abstract: Grey, Green, Blue/Yellow
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME131209C

  

  The fire inside her
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME121007C

  

  Do you ever think of me
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME121008C

  

  Waiting for the day to go
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME131205C

  

  Do you remember this
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME121011C

  

  Show me some emotion
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME121010C

  

  Xiang
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME121003C

  

  Waking from tormented sleep
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME160601C

  

  The fire inside of her
  
  Oil on paper
  
  SME121007C
• Biography​
  "Simply put, I believe my work is about the act of painting.”
  
  Born in Chicago, Stephen Metcalf grew up in the Midwest. As a child he practiced drawing and painting, and by the time he started art school at the University of Illinois his drafting skills could mimic photographs. Frustrated by the tedious nature and predictability of this process, he decided to reinvent himself as an artist and as a graduate printmaking student at the University of Illinois. He produced mixed media paintings and large scale works on paper that were recognized by their inclusion in major exhibitions like Drawings USA 77 at the Minnesota Museum of Art and Works on Paper at the Art Institute of Chicago.
  
  Since receiving his MFA in art and design, Stephen has produced hundreds of paintings which are represented in public, private, and corporate collections throughout the United States, including the Illinois State Museum, the Minnesota Museum of Art, the Kirkwood Center Hotel, the U.S. Military Hospital on Nellis Airbase, and the Cleveland Clinic.

  Statement
  “My paintings, which are non-objective, have influences in the environment. As a painter, my journey is one of discovery through the exploration of ideas, materials, and process. My techniques, which are my own, were not learned or invented in order to paint but were discovered through the act of painting. Each painting is a record of my journey and I invite you to engage in your own personal dialogue with them."
  

  previous exhibitions

  Spectrum - 2018

  The Promise of Life - 2021