Hugo Galerie will be hosting "Run with Me Baby," a solo exhibition featuring the works by Brian Keith Stephens at the gallery’s New York venue.While attending Western Connecticut State University, Stephens discovered his passion for art. In 1998, he graduated from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. After that, Stephens attended Academie de la Grande Chaumier in Paris. He completed his Masters of Fine Arts in Painting from City College of New York in 2004. So far, Stephens has exhibited in France, Germany, Denmark, and across the USA.Stephens mainly draws on his classical painting background for creating playfully proportioned images of animals and landscapes. He uses rich bold colors, thickly layered paint and visible brush strokes in his paintings. The works mainly depict simple subject matter from his childhood in rural Connecticut embedded with profound emotion. His paintings are extremely bright, whimsical and are full of energy and vitality.The oil on canvas paintings by Stephens are mysterious dreamscapes where both animals and humans are presented in colorful and abstracted backgrounds. Images of animals often dominate his works and compositions. Sometimes they are enlarged and are endowed with a tangible wisdom, kindness, and respect. In Stephen’s world, the animals are not dangerous but are treated as emotional equivalents to the human subjects.The exhibition will be on view from September 9, 2017, through October 1, 2017, at Hugo Galerie, 472 West Broadway, New York, NY 10012.For more details, visit https://www.hugogalerie.com/ Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
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