JAMES STEPHENSON | On The Ghats of Varanasi Oil on Board
On the Ghats of Varanasi
Please note: For collection in Sutherland NSW only. Email 0404 893 180 to view this work and 2 other James Stephenson works painted in Varanasi, India.
James Stephenson has been travelling and painting en plein air for over 20 years.
Three works from his 2009 Eva Breuer Art Gallery exhibition in Sydney are now available for purchase.
As if you are painting with him on the river, in these works, Stephenson captures perfectly the colours, atmosphere, sounds, forms and light of the Ghats on Varanasi in India, as only en plein air painting can do.
Beautifully accentuated with silver and gold wooden frame.
Oil on Board
Dimensions:
Painting: 29 cm (w) x 39.5 cm (h)
Framed: 40.5 cm (w) x 51 cm (h)
Title: On the Kedar Ghat
Artwork ©2009 James Stephenson
All Rights Reserved
About the Artist:
James Alexander Meere Stephenson
b. Sydney 1970
Study and Travel
2001-2012 Travelled and painted in India, Bolivia, Romania, Mali, Guatemala, Italy
1996-2000 Diploma Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney
Solo Exhibitions
2017 'Redfern End Of Days' 107 Projects Gallery, Redfern
2009 'On the Ghats of Varanasi' Eva Breuer Art Gallery, Sydney
2008 'Rhythms of the Niger' Eva Breuer Art Gallery
2006 'Romanian Harvest' Mary Place Gallery, Sydney
2004 'A Silent Song- Bolivia' Neutral Bay Exhibition Centre
2002 'A Glimpse of Light' Magdalena Gallery, Sydney
Group Exhibitions
2015 NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize
2014 'Around the world in eighty paintings' Mary Place Gallery Sydney
2012 Group Exhibition Eva Breuer Art Gallery Sydney
2001 'Body and Soil Exhibition' Phoenix Gallery, Gulgong NSW
Awards
2019 Finalist Lethbridge 20,000 Award
2017 Finalist Paddington Art Prize
2017 Finalist Lethbridge 10,000 Award
2016 Finalist NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize
2016 Finalist Waverly Art Prize
2015 Finalist NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize
2000 Winner Henry Gibbons Prize For Drawing
