Half my heart resides in my chest. The other half is in the water. Since childhood, I have been drawn to the ocean. Coming from a lineage of watermen, I credit molecular memory.
Inspired by Nature and its divine patterns, my work is heavily influenced by the ocean and coastal landscape. Wild and dangerous, peaceful and safe - that juxtaposition is what I tuck inside each of my paintings.
My life and studio is settled into the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, but the coast is always calling. Every chance I get, I run to the water. Whether it's to the Outer Banks of North Carolina or the lush Pacific Northwest, I’m endlessly inspired. Nature keeps me returning to the studio, immersing myself in the memory of place. Each painting, a meandering - an escape to the water, a rocky coastline, a mossy forest, or to the sand.
This website is updated periodically, but be sure to check out my Instagram to see what I'm up to this week!
Works available at Down Creek Gallery, Ocracoke NC.
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Exhibitions
2023 February 26 - April 1 - Steven Francis Fine Art
Mantra - Group show 102 Tradewynd Drive, Lynchburg, Virginia 24502 2023 January - Staunton Augusta Art Center Grounded: Landscape Exploration in Wax - Group show 20 S New Street SE, Staunton, Virginia 24401 2022 September - Grace Estate Winery TBA - Solo Show 5273 Mount Juliet Farm, Crozet, Virginia 22932 2022 June - The Vault, Chroma Projects SANCTUARY - Solo show 3rd Street SE, Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 2021 August - Academy of the Arts PORTALS - Solo show 600 Main Street, Lynchburg, Virginia 24504 2021 March - Shenandoah Valley Art Center 40under40 - Juried Exhibit 122 S. Wayne Avenue, Waynesboro, Virginia 22980 2020 December - Hot Cakes Solo show 1137-A Emmet Street, Charlottesville VA 22903 2020 May - Crozet Artisan Depot Guest Artist - Solo show 5791 Three Notch'd Road, Crozet, VA 22932 2020 January-February - Ice House Gallery Micro/Macro - Group show 138 Independence Street, Berkeley Springs, WV 24511 2019 December - Holiday Pop Up Group show - 12/13-12/15 810 Church Street, Lynchburg, VA 24504 2019 May - Charlottesville Studio Gallery @ WVTF SEDIMENT - Solo show 216 West Water Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902 2018 December - Shenandoah Valley Art Center Annual Contemporary Juried Exhibit: Women's Work 122 S. Wayne Avenue, Waynesboro, Virginia 22980 2018 May-June - the gallery @ ebb & flow Fathom - Solo show 71 River Road, Faber, VA 22938 2018 March - Shenandoah Valley Art Center 40under40 - Juried Exhibit 122 S. Wayne Avenue, Waynesboro, Virginia 22980 2017 March-April - Trager Brothers Coffee 2.0 @ RVCC Coastal Wanderings - Solo show 190 Rockfish School Lane, Afton, VA 22920 2016 December - Welcome Gallery Unbound Oasis - Shared show 114 3rd St NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902 May - Featured Local Artist, Charlottesville Design House Keswick, VA 2015 February - New City Arts Initiative Elements - Solo show 216 W. Water Street, Charlottesville VA 22902 |
Press - The Daily Progress
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