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

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Alcohol made of Beetroot

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Base Notes: Cedarwood, Tonka Beans