Artist Biographies

LARRY K. STEPHENSON

The boldly exuberant palette of Larry K. Stephenson's watercolors is a perfect complement for his renderings of fresh sunflowers, country checkerboards and a recent series depicting the many moods of the summer sun whose light saturates his compositions.

Stephenson grew up in a small Oklahoma town and the influence of those years is evident in his current work which embraces an unpretentious quality of simpler times, fresh clear air and long afternoons on the porch. Living with his family in an old two-story rock home in Oklahom, Stephenson often paints directly from the sunflowers which grace the east side of the house, hollyhocks bordering the wooden fence along the backyard, or the abundance in the family's garden.

Nationally recognized as a painter and illustrator, Stephenson has been painting watercolors for twenty-five years. Accomplished in oil and pastel as well as watercolor, Stephenson's paintings are generally executed in transparent watercolor and gouache and, preferring to work in large format, often done on 40x60" paper, an unusual size for the medium.

An elected signature member of the American Watercolor Society, the artist has received numerous awards and has a lengthy list of exhibits nationwide to his credit.

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