Stephen Day

About the Artist

Stephen Day, born in Nottingham, England 1944 started painting waterscapes and bird portraits at age eighteen. Both parents painted which had a strong impact on him, as there were always water color paints, oils, and the whiff of turpentine in the house.

He has had four one-man exhibitions in Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Washington. To date he has sold over fifty paintings, though he acknowledges Washington, DC is "one tough market!"

Stylistically, it is difficult to pigeon-hole Day. His paintings, which are generally on the large side (36X48 inches), range from waterscapes, abstracts, to bird portraits. He is most enthused when painting waterscapes in semi-realism where color - and in some cases texture - are the media, and the message. Subject matter comes from a considerable amount of domestic and international travel, and an eye for converting a particular view or photograph to his semi-realism. Examples are two Maine quatryches: Allagash, and Bass Harbor marsh.

Three artists have profoundly influenced Stephen Day. They are the contemporary Japanese artist Tetsuro Sawada (died 1998), who painted exquisite silkscreen 'skyscapes' fusing sky, water and land; David Hockney's fabulously color-driven landscapes; and Claude Monet's use of color to contrast diurnal rhythms on subjects as varied as Rouen Cathedral and haystacks.

Body of Work