“On Becoming a Poet in the 1950s" There was love and there was trees. Either you could stay inside and probe your emotions or you could go outside and keenly observe nature. Describe the sheen on carapaces, the effect of… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
I have been interested in the dialogue of abstraction and modernist painting - and the rich history of the grid. I also think I… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
I moved to Chicago and began attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The students and teachers I met in Chicago were… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
Only at the end of the last stroke of paint, you can begin to wonder what needs to be done next. — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
I have, and do sometimes, work with other media. But there is something about the physical activity and the directness of painting that I… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
I enjoy thinking about how paintings can change depending on where they are - how they look in a gallery or in relation to… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
My life as a painter influences my teaching and my duties as president of CCA - and I hope some of the experience of… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
My studio work is a central part of my life and I'd be at loose ends without it. When I'm not in my studio,… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
In the late 60's I was enrolled at Occidental College majoring in philosophy and taking several studio art classes, but I dropped out. It… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
I'm interested in how paintings can change or transform - sometimes through close examination or viewed from afar; or how they hold the space… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
I am very invested in the physical activity and the decision-making that is involved with making paintings - nothing else is quite like it. — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
“On Becoming a Poet in the 1950s" There was love and there was trees. Either you could stay inside and probe your emotions or… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
The paintings are more about physicality and gesture than meditation. I'd compare it to playing scales on the Cello - each sound (pitch and… — Stephen Beal Copy Share Image
