Steve Steinmetz's art; paintings, drawings, and wood-carvings, serve up powerful and penetrating images of land and sea, war and peace, and portraits of self and others. Steinmetz draws from his days as a Marine in Vietnam to his days at sea as a government observer for the National Marine Fisheries Administration, and his personal experiences to create a significant and commanding body of work. After returning from Vietnam, Steinmetz studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; there he developed his repertoire of skills taking something from the old masters, the post-Impressionists, an array of modern masters, primitive art and folk carving. From his teacher, Morris Blackburn, he assimilated an appreciation of whites contrasted with sharp blacks and an affinity for Chinese ink technique; from his own sensibility he absorbed a lifelong love of the German Expressionists, who continue to be one of his primary stylistic inspirations. Steinmetz's retrospective is both delightful and masterful work.
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"Night Fishing", Stephen Steinmetz, Gouache on Paper, 25" x 31". SOLD
"Culling the Catch", Stephen Steinmetz, Sumi Ink on Paper, 33" x 42", SOLD
"Tug at Night", Stephen Steinmetz, Gouache on Paper, 25" x 31", SOLD
"Hauling Back", Stephen Steinmetz, Oil Crayon, 23" x 31", SOLD
"Stowing the Net" Stephen Steinmetz, Oil Crayon, 40"x30"
"St. Elmos Fire" Stephen Steinmetz, Oil Crayon, 25"x31"
"On Watch" Stephen Steinmetz, Sumi Ink, 8"x10"
"Icy Night" Stephen Steinmetz, Sumi Ink and Graphite, 30"x20" SOLD
"Tug in Waves" Stephen Steinmetz, Sumi Ink and Graphite, 20"x30" SOLD
"Tuna Feeding", Stephen Steinmetz, Sumi Ink, 7" x 10"
"Diving Birds", Stephen Steinmetz, Pen & Ink, 7" x 10"
"Fishing Georges Bank" Stephen Steinmetz, Pen & Ink, 10"x8"
" Whale and Calf" Stephen Steinmetz, Pen & Ink, 8"x10"
"Whale Behavior", Stephen Steinmetz, Pen & Ink, 8" x 10"
"Pilot Whales" Stephen Steinmetz, Pen & Ink, 8"x10"SOLD
"Railroad Cut Rio Grande", Stephen Steinmetz, Sumi Ink & Whiting, 20"x30"
"Self 2", Stephen Steinmetz, Sumi Ink & Watercolor, 16" x 20"
Beach Houses, Stephen Steinmetz, Sumi Ink, 42"x 28"
"Rte 32 Bucks County", Stephen Steinmetz, Oil Crayon, 22" x 28", SOLD
"Beach Front Villas 2", Stephen Steinmetz, Sumi Ink, 24"x36"SOLD
"Bay Avenue Villas", Stephen Steinmetz, Sumi Ink & Whiting, 22"x28"
"Detail", Carved Box" Stephen Steinmetz, Wood-carving and Paint
"Wildwood Boardwalk" Stephen Steinmetz, Wood carving and Paint, 10" x 12"
"Skyline, NYC", Stephen Steinmetz, Wood-carving and Paint
"Iraq Peace Keeper", Stephen Steinmetz, Sumi Ink, 21"x28"
"Class of 1968", Stephen Steinmetz, Sumi Ink, 21" x 28"
"Winning Hearts and Minds 1969", Stephen Steinmetz, Oil Crayon, 22"x30"
"April Morning" Stephen Steinmetz, Sumi Ink, 30"x20"
"Ship of State", Stephen Steinmetz, Oil Crayon, 22"x30"
"Elton Conda USAAF WWII, Stephen Steinmetz, Wood Carving & Paint, 30" x 48"
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