Figurative | Laurie Stevens

• The Artist's Wife

  Oil, Panel, 32 x 24 x 0.25. The 2018 American Women Artists Show offered artists the opportunity to respond to one of ten pieces from the Haggin Museum’s collection. William Merritt Chase’s painting The Artist’s Wife es…

• The Artist's Wife by W. M. Chase, 1892

  Oil, Canvas. For a show at the Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA. in 2018, we were asked to respond to one of ten paintings they'd chosen from their own collection. This painting by William Merrit Chase, The Artist’s Wife, sp…

• Mourning Dove

  Mixed Media, Panel, 36 x 24 x 0.25. I have reluctantly chosen to not do pieces of Native Americans recently, as their life experience is not mine; but when I came across Mourning Dove's story I couldn't resist. With tha…

• Through Rose Colored Glasses

  Oil, Panel, 36 x 24 x 0.25. Bikers have always intrigued me as models, maybe because of their wild and free nature. But until recently I haven’t had the occasion to get pictures of any of these guys so that I might pain…

• A Real Cowgirl

  Oil, Panel, 24 x 28 x 0.25. It’s been awhile since I painted the cowboy / cowgirl genre. I’ve just wandered off in other directions. But in researching here and there, I pulled together some of the pieces for this paint…

• Little Ballerina

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 16 x 0.25. I painted this little girl in a different pose some years ago, but have always wanted to paint her again. Of course I was attracted to the play of light on her face and costume, but also to t…

• Contemplation

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 30 x 1.0. On a wonderful trip to Nantucket, I came across this man sitting on a bench in the sun. I loved the composition and pretty much black and white palette. He gave me permission to take his pict…

• Luminaria

  Oil, Panel, 30 x 15 x 0.25. This painting is a metaphor, intended to be a statement on enlightenment, insight, awareness and knowledge – or the strength and steadfast resilience of womankind. I had picked another title…

• Little Star

  Oil, Panel, 24 x 24 x 0.25. I have done several parasol paintings and this was my first. I was immediately excited about using the parasol in a Native American piece as the umbrella was indicative of outside influence o…

• Always Be Ready to Ride

  Oil, Panel, 30 x 24 x 0.25. Sometimes inspiration for a painting comes from unexpected places. I was surfing the web looking for ideas and came across this old rodeo poster. I just loved it! “Tip the clowns, be ready to…

• Water is Life

  Oil, Panel, 48 x 36 x 1.5. This painting is about Standing Rock, which became a rallying point for both environmental and indigenous civil-rights advocates as thousands of people, gathered on the Standing Rock reservati…

• Red Scarf 18x14

  Oil, Panel, 18 x 12 x 0.25. Red Scarf is a painting I did from research gathered at an artist's rendezvous one summer. Robert is a wonderful character model! I have done several paintings of him and love not only his co…

• Night Rider

  Oil, Canvas, 48 x 36 x 1.5. Over the years, I moved cows on horseback many times on the ranch, but riding with my rancher friends was usually a different story all together. With them I have ridden down icy slopes, in a…

• Statehood Ceremony 1890

  Oil, Panel, 18 x 12 x 0.25. This is an older painting, but is one I felt was successful, so I chose to post it on my new site for your viewing. My style was a lot tighter then! One can only imagine that the Statehood Ce…

• Contemplation

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 13 x .25. My daughters danced when they were young, and during that time we did a benefit art show for the Missouri River Dance Co. The perk to the artists each year was a day long photo shoot with the…

• She Goes with Grace

  Panel, 30 x 22 x .25. I took many pictures at Crow Fair back in the day. There were many opportunities to enjoy and record the beauty, style and presence of the Crow people. What I had hoped to convey in this painting w…

• Proud One

  Oil, Panel, 18 x 12 x .25. I took pictures of this little boy during Crow Fair one summer in southeastern Montana on the Crow Reservation. That is always an exciting event, and one that is sensory overload! Here, I was…

• Of Two Worlds

  Oil, Panel, 24 x 20 x 0.25. Some years ago I attended a western photo rendezvous for artists called The Artist’s Ride, in South Dakota. What a treat that was! This man, Thomas White was a model there, and one of my favo…

• Hawk

  Oil, Panel, 20 x 16 x 0.25. My title at least points you to my subject, the red-tail hawk feather, found by and then stuck in the hatband of this cowboy. Or possibly, his name is Hawk. That's for you to decide. I had a…