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Address: 67 O'Regan Rd. Tel: 709-726-5679
St. John's, NF E-Mail: carls@kelvin.physics.mun.ca
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Born: April 14, 1939 at Harbour Grace, NF.
Married: Wendy (nee Bolander), four children
Degrees: BSc., BEd., MSc.(Physics) MUN
Bilingual: German-second language
Showed an interest in sketching at an early age (4-5 yrs),
started water colours at 8 and progressed to oils at 12.
Early art instruction came from the artist's father. Over
the years, Carl Stevenson has developed his art primarily
through self-instruction, workshops, and development of
techniques both in media and colour/composition.
Media
Oil on canvas
Oil on wood panel
Water colour
Graphite and charcoal
Chalk pastel
Etching (pulled from copper plate in
limited editions of 30-50).
Mezzotint engraving
Themes
Being a native Newfoundlander, this artist is primarily
occupied with the representation of his native province in
the various media mentioned above. Landscape/seascape
scenes from small fishing villages and rural Newfoundland
(as well as the older sections of St.John's) are depicted in
a realistic fashion, with emphasis on the colour and
lighting of the subject.
Still-life is treated in a similar manner, with subject
matter originating from everyday life in Newfoundland's past
and present: objects of everyday work, favourite traditional
dishes, etc.
Portraiture, when done by this artist, is not necessarily an
attempt to render an absolute true likeness of the subject;
rather, it is approached as a study involving that person
and their reaction to their immediate surroundings.
During the past fifteen years, this artist has been involved
with other media in addition to the oil and charcoal of his
earlier work; water colour is becoming increasingly
important, as is the copper-plate etching and mezzotint.
These etchings were initially monochromatic (black ink), but
in recent years the artist has moved towards developing a
technique involving various colours using a single etched
plate used in conjunction with multiple plates. The
mezzotint engravings are invariably multi-plate prints and
are coloured.
Works by Carl Stevenson have been exhibited at:
The Hr.Grace Museum 1974
The Gull Gallery, Clarkes Beach 1975
Gallery Mason, St John's 1975-77
Atlantic Arts, St John's & Halifax 1980-81
The Spurrell Gallery, St John's 1983-
The Ewing Gallery, Corner Brook 1983-
Waves and Whales Gallery, Carbonear 1985-92
Pollyanna Gallery, St John's 1986-
Topsail Gallery, Chamberlains 1987-
The Hollis Gallery, Halifax 1989-92
Carmel Art Gallery, Ottawa 1990-
Brigus Art Gallery, Brigus 1994-
Frame Makers Gallery, Grand Falls/Windsor 1994-
Exhibitions
Yearly solo exhibitions at Holiday Inn, St John's 1974 to
1991.
Juried exhibitions of the Nfld and Lab Art Assn 1976,1977.
Father/son joint exhibit with W.H.Stevenson at Hr Grace 1980.
Solo exhibits at MUN Extension Gallery (1982), The Spurrell
Gallery (1983), and The Ewing Gallery (1984).
Gallery exhibits at the Ewing and Topsail galleries 1987.
Nfld Night on Parliament Hill - Ewing Gallery, May 1988.
Metro Halifax YM-YWCA Art Show, March 1989.
Gallery exhibitions at Pollyanna Gallery 1990, 1994
Solo exhibits at the Nfld Freshwater Resource Centre 1991-97.
Miniature exhibit at the NFRC, Dec 1992.
"Pictures of Greece", at the NFRC, Dec 1993.
"Florabundance" at the MUN Gallery, June 1994.
Gallery exhibit at Carmel Gallery, Ottawa, with Gerry
Squires, Ted Stuckless, and Jon Wiljinson, Sept 1996
" Fake Art " at the L.S.P.U. Hall, St. John's, 1996.
Collections
Paintings by the artist are in the Government of Nfld and Lab
collection, the MUN permanent collection, Nfld Medical Assn
Building St John's, Workers Compensation Building St John's,
Dept of Tourism of Nfld and Lab, Nfld Power, N.C.Hutton Ltd,
Telecom Canada, French Browne Dodd, Anthony Insurance,
Fisheries Products International and in private collections
in Newfoundland, across Canada, in the USA, Europe and Japan.
In June of 1983 a commissioned oil painting by the artist was
presented to their Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess
of Wales at Hr. Grace as a gift from the people of the area.
During 1986-93 the artist produced nine water colours for the
Canadian Cancer Society (Nfld) which are used on their
Christmas card campaign. This artist has also being involved
with auctions by; The NSO,the NSYO, Rotary Club, Kinsmen
Club, YM/YWCA, Cancer Society, Salmon Assn of East Nfld and
the Partridge Forever Society of Nfld and Lab.