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| A painter of moody, urban landscapes, Stephen Magsig was born in
Toledo, Ohio and settled with his artist wife, Janet Hamrick, in
Ferndale, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Although he began as an
abstract painter, much of his mature work is highly realistic.
This transformation occurred when he began photographing industrial
buildings in Detroit in 1987, and became increasingly focused on
their architectural details. However, he says of his paintings
that he is not trying to recreate a photograph but is trying to paint
mood.
Many of his paintings are inspired by slide shots of
Manhattan and Detroit, and he works on one painting at a time,
sketching the initial drawing in indigo.
He had his first solo
show in New York in 1996. He cites Ed Fella, a professor at the
California Institute of Arts, as a highly influential person who is
responsible for Magsig's working on a painting every day.
Sources include:
Barbara Wylan Sefton, Art & Antiques, October, 2001
Editor, Exhibitions, American Arts Quarterly, Winter 2007, pp. 59-60
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