Stephen Wright Painter UK 1962

Support Stephen Wrights emotionally intenseRealistportraits recall works by revered British painters likeLucian Freud, Francis Bacon, andJenny Saville. Like these artists, Wright is captivated by the body, and how a portrait can manifest the psychological complexity of the sitters inner world. The piercing gaze of the solitary woman inFigure Sitting Crosslegged(2005), which sold for 10, 000 at auction in 2011, contrasts with her selfprotective body language, an example of Wrights ability to draw out contradictions between strength and vulnerability. Based in Los Angeles, Wright has also focused his detailed approach to painting on his frequent visits to local beaches and the meditative experience of swimming in the Pacific Ocean, capturing the rush of waves in turbulent paintings likeShallows(2019) andFoam(2020). By Images: Google Pinterest M br, br,