Stephanie Evans' recently showed a mix of abstract and semi-realist paintings at Awakenings Coffee and Wine. Her work therein was composed of soft pastel tones with the occasional burst of red. Her colors and compositions are decorative and also profoundly harmonious. I found her work to have a richly maternal quality to it - each work was soothing while also being bright and happy. Contributing to this effect (I first wrote affect instead of effect, appropriately!), her layered paint-texture recalls the sugary coating on dessert cakes.
Her abstract works also revealed a good sense of color play and composition.
She does not strive for an art form which is sublime, or powerful, or replete with narrative possibilities or profound interpretations; it is the work of someone transmitting either a serenity from her lifestyle or a longing for such through her work. I am guessing it is the former.
Stephanie Evans Art work, March 01 2009 - Tuesday, March 31 2009, Awakenings Coffee, Tea, Wine,
