Steven Charles
Home, 2022
acrylic and mixed media on canvas
78h x 78w in
SCh137
Steven Charles
Orthodox Caveman, 2022
acrylic on canvas
78h x 78w in
SCh138
Steven Charles
Bring the Nachos, 2022
acrylic on canvas
30h x 30w in
SCh139
Steven Charles
Time of Clearing, 2023
acrylic and gold leaf on canvas
60h x 60w in
SCh141
Steven Charles
Come In, 2022
acrylic and gel on canvas
30h x 30w in
SCh142
Steven Charles
Carnival of light, 2022
acrylic on canvas
20h x 20w in
SCh143
Steven Charles
A Warm Welcome, 2020
acrylic on canvas
14h x 14w in
SCh110
Steven Charles
Let the Smoke Rise, 2023
acrylic and gel on canvas
50.50h x 40w in
SCh144
Steven Charles
Noise not Art, 2022
acrylic on canvas
20h x 20w in
SCh145
Steven Charles
Ancient Delay, 2022
acrylic on canvas
20h x 20w in
SCh146
Steven Charles
No Such Thing, 2021
acrylic on canvas
16h x 16w in
SCh112
Steven Charles
Happiness is Easy, 2022
acrylic on panel
16h x 12w in
SCh136
Steven Charles
Let's be wrong, 2021
acrylic on paper
24h x 18w in
SCh134
Steven Charles
It's easy to dance, 2021
acrylic on paper
24h x 18w in
SCh133
Steven Charles
I'm very tall, 2021
acrylic on paper
24h x 18w in
SCh132
Steven Charles
Don't be mean, 2021
acrylic on paper
24h x 18w in
SCh131
Steven Charles
Temple of Trees, 2021
acrylic on canvas
12h x 12w in
SCh129
Steven Charles
Let the Happiness In, 2021
acrylic on canvas
70h x 70w in
SCh126
Steven Charles
egsapabo, 2018
acrylic on panel
72h x 40w in
SCh050
Steven Charles
sidewalk gas glow track pants vehicle rain, 2019
acrylic and mixed media on canvas
77h x 105w in
SCh060
Steven Charles
Residual Memories of Gilligan at Grapevine Lake, 2019
acrylic and mixed media on panel
60h x 48w x 3.50d in
SCh061
Steven Charles
blanwhchtr, 2016
acrylic on canvas
40h x 40w in
SCh009
Steven Charles
No Such Thing, 2021
acrylic on canvas
16h x 16w in
SCh112
Steven Charles
Sprinkler, lawn, rainbow, 2019
acrylic on panel
30h x 24w x 1.50d in
SCh051
Steven Charles
Surfer in a Tuxedo, 2019
acrylic on paper collage
48h x 37.75w in
Framed: 50.25h x 39.25w in
SCh097
Steven Charles
you are a castle, 2018
acrylic on paper
54h x 144w in
SCh015
Steven Charles
The Warm Glow of a Vacuum, 2018
acrylic and gel on canvas
77h x 52w in
SCh038
Steven Charles
Secrets of the Beehive, 2021
acrylic and mixed media on canvas
70h x 70w in
SCh124
Steven Charles
Ghosts, 2021
acrylic and gold leaf on canvas
48h x 48w in
SCh125
Steven Charles
Films, 2021
acrylic on canvas
16h x 16w in
SCh122
Steven Charles
Cosmopolis, 2021
acrylic and mixed media on canvas
16h x 16w in
SCh117
Steven Charles
Underworld, 2020
acrylic on canvas
16h x 16w in
SCh118
Steven Charles
Walker, 2020
acrylic on canvas
16h x 17w in
Steven Charles
Home Computer, 2021
acrylic on canvas
18h x 18w in
SCh120
Steven Charles b. 1967- The paintings by Steven Charles are electrifying multi-layered abstract compositions that obsessively shift in spatial depth and color. Playful, rigorous, and spontaneous, his works are rich in their connection to art movements, such as abstract expressionism and pop art, while pulsating in a distinct maximalist style all their own. The paintings, known for their psychedelic effect, are completed with an eerily sweet palette of acrylic paint, sometimes combined with collage in the form of found material. Charles’s process does not engage the use of preparatory designs, nor does he employ the help of assistants. His focus in laboriously building the circuitous patterns in his paintings—sometimes working on a single canvas for years at a time—is for the expressed purpose of enticing viewers in for a closer look. For Charles, and the viewer, the pleasure is in the details.
Steven Charles was born in Birkenhead, England, in 1967 and immigrated to North Texas in the late 1970’s. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Texas in 1994, and he gained his Master of Fine Arts degree from The Tyler School of Art, Temple University in 1996. Shortly thereafter he moved to New York, where he was a Visiting Artist Lecturer at the School of Visual Art in 2003 and 2015. His work has been nationally exhibited in galleries and museums on the East and West Coasts, as well as abroad in Canada and Spain. Most notably he was represented for many years by Pierogi and Marlborough Galleries in New York City. He has been the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, and an Artist’s Fellowship from The New York Foundation for the Arts. His work has been reviewed in publications such as, Art in America, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Vice among others.
Steven Charles | This is my uniform
2.18.23-3.25.23
Steven Charles | This is my uniform
2.18.23-3.25.23
Steven Charles | This is my uniform
2.18.23-3.25.23
Steven Charles | This is my uniform
2.18.23-3.25.23
Steven Charles | This is my uniform
2.18.23-3.25.23
Steven Charles | This is my uniform
2.18.23-3.25.23
Steven Charles | This is my uniform
2.18.23-3.25.23
Steven Charles | This is my uniform
2.18.23-3.25.23
Steven Charles | This is my uniform
2.18.23-3.25.23
Steven Charles: Clearing in the Forest
June 26 – August 14, 2021
Steven Charles: Clearing in the Forest
June 26 – August 14, 2021
Steven Charles: Clearing in the Forest
June 26 – August 14, 2021
Steven Charles: Clearing in the Forest
June 26 – August 14, 2021
Steven Charles: Sewn to the Sky
October 19 – November 16, 2021
Steven Charles: Sewn to the Sky
October 19 – November 16, 2021
Steven Charles: Sewn to the Sky
October 19 – November 16, 2021
Steven Charles: You and I are living now
May 19 – June 23, 2018
Steven Charles: You and I are living now
May 19 – June 23, 2018
grouping of Steven Charles at Cris Worley Fine Arts, April 2019
