Stephen Day was born in
Sheridan, Wyoming, and, while growing up he lived in Santa Fe, New
Mexico, Aspen Colorado, and Durango, Colorado. He always felt
the wonderfully unique beauty of the west but until he became an
artist he really didn't know how to fully respond to that beauty.
Day is now a
full-time artist living in Taos, New Mexico. Working
mainly in oil he paints various subjects from life but the landscape
is his first love. He says of his working philosophy, "I paint
almost exclusively from life trying to capture the feeling and the
mood of the subject before me. This work philosophy forces me
to paint quickly to get a spontaneous and fresh response, because
everything around us (including ourselves) is in a constant state of
change." Day frequently paints on location and uses these
smaller paintings to create larger studio paintings.
Artist's Background:
1976 - Bachelor of Arts Degree,
McMurry College, Abilene, Texas
1980 - Master's Degree, Southern
Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
- Studied at the Art Students
League of Denver with Bruce Cody and Mark Dailly
- Workshops taken with David
Leffel, John Encinias and Clyde Aspevig
- Studied with Richard Schmid at
the Loveland Academy of Fine Art, 1994-1998
Recent Shows and Honors:
- Paintings purchased by
Hyatt Regency and prints of the painting "Approaching Spring"
placed in 500 hotel rooms
- Colorado Rockies purchased
3 painting for their Coors Field Pinnacle Room
- Denver Area Parade of Homes
Poster Artist.
- Artists of the West
Invitational Show, Colorado Springs, CO
- Chosen as one of the
artists in the Anniversary Collection of the Channel 6 Art
Auction (1999-2003)
- "Representing the West"
Invitational Show - Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
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