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I consider all objects of the Natural World with an equal level of scrutiny and importance. I look for patterns, geometries and coded redundancies, be they as microscopic as spiral path of a subatomic particle, or as massive as the entire visual universe itself. Scale is meaningless. The energy that we observe expanding our physical universe is of the same source as the energy that illuminates the tail of a firefly. No one action is mundane. All are sublime. The depiction of this energy and the life forms it manifests is my singular goal. I generally work at a large scale, which compliments the visual impact of my paintings. Indeed, it is this initial impact, often perceived from a distance, which draws the viewer into the work where a more intimate connection between observer and the observed is achieved. I see the picture plane as a portal which beckons the viewer to enter. The oftentimes vertical orientation of my paintings suggests such a doorway. I believe that a strong drawing is essential in creating a framework upon which my painting is structured, and that the application of pigment merely serves to compliment the initial drawing as an extension of drawing itself. I do not delineate a point where drawing stops and painting begins.

Welcome to Denver artist Steve Austin's website. Browse original paintings and museum quality prints of landscape and contemporary fine art.