Stephen Locke

Caerulea
She is named for the pigment from which she is made, Cerulean, a blue pigment dating back to the eighteenth century. Caerulea is the feminine Latin form, meaning sky.

Caerulea
9 x 12, watercolor

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Continuous Line Drawing
Ink on Arches Hot Press
5 x 7 inches
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02/1000, Watercolor: I see my experiences reflected in a tree: broken limbs, broken dreams, bent posture, aches, and pains, while new growth signifies the nurturing self, new ideas, and hope. Follow me on my quest to paint one thousand bonsai trees. #botanicalart #bonsaitree #watercolor #bonsai

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Standing Figure
Ink, graphite, oil paint.
10 x 14 inches.

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Her Healing Smile
Oil Paint
10 x 10 inches
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Respite
Single pigment oil painting.
10 x 14 inches.
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How are we writing the future? With the gilded pens of the Broligarchy.

There are two astronauts stuck in space orbit. The four-day mission turned into months; if they are rescued, it won’t be until next year. While many on Earth look upward and out toward a supposed heaven, I reckon the stranded gaze down at the blue globe and say, that’s it- heaven down below.

Umbria
Single pigment oil painting.
Burnt Umber, 10 x 14 inches.
Umber, a natural earth pigment, one of the oldest pigments known to humans. Some sources indicate that umber's name comes from its geographic origin in Umbria, other scholars suggest that it derives from the Latin word umbra (shadow).

Whatever you do, don't read too many books. Just don’t do it. Don't expose yourself to infinite complexity. Keep it simple. Make it simple. Nothing is complex. Existence is cut and dried. Simple. Keep it simple. Everything is just this or that. Friends don't let friends read too many books.

Elder
Watercolor
10 x 10 inches

I usually invent figures from my imagination, but the model for Echo is a woman named Tania in Ukraine who is also a visual artist. She sent me some shapes to paint. For the duration of this painting, I contemplated her situation living in a war zone.
Echo In the Grass
Watercolor
10 x 14

Faye does not exist outside this painting. Initially, I drew her in Photoshop. Photoshop is also a drawing tool; many illustrators use it that way. Her name is Faye because that’s the name of the song I was listening to at the time.
Faye
8 x 10 inches
Burnt umber oil paint on Arches Oleo.