Stephen Beal Quotes

• I am very invested in the physical activity and the decision-making that is involved with making paintings - nothing else is quite like it.

  Stephen Beal

  Decision, Painting, Physical Activity

  Interview with Jason-Louise Graham, jasonlouise-graham.squarespace.com. November 19, 2010.

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• The paintings are more about physicality and gesture than meditation. I'd compare it to playing scales on the Cello - each sound (pitch and intensity) depends on the manner in which you hold and apply the bow. The same goes for the gesture of applying paint to a surface.

  Stephen Beal

  Meditation, Sound, Gestures

  Interview with Jason-Louise Graham, jasonlouise-graham.squarespace.com. November 19, 2010.

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• I have been interested in the dialogue of abstraction and modernist painting - and the rich history of the grid. I also think I have been influenced a bit by some of the particular qualities of the Bay Area. The weather and the atmosphere here is so exotic, like the fog rolling in and the nuanced differences in the quality of light.

  Stephen Beal

  Thinking, Light, Fog

  Interview with Jason-Louise Graham, jasonlouise-graham.squarespace.com. Novemeber 19, 2010.

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• I'm interested in how paintings can change or transform - sometimes through close examination or viewed from afar; or how they hold the space of a wall or interact in a room with each other.

  Stephen Beal

  Wall, Space, Examination

  Interview with Jason-Louise Graham, jasonlouise-graham.squarespace.com. Novemeber 19, 2010.

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• Me gusta pensar en cómo pueden cambiar los cuadros dependiendo de dónde estén: cómo se ven en una galería o en relación con otros cuadros, o en habitaciones diferentes. Los cuadros pueden cambiar nuestra forma de ver y experimentar el mundo.

  Stephen Beal

  Pensamiento, Diferente, Apariencia

  Interview with Jason-Louise Graham, jasonlouise-graham.squarespace.com. Novemeber 19, 2010.

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• I have, and do sometimes, work with other media. But there is something about the physical activity and the directness of painting that I find fascinating. I am very attracted to the materiality of paintings and the visual phenomena of hue and value.

  Stephen Beal

  Media, Hue, Painting

  Interview with Jason-Louise Graham, jasonlouise-graham.squarespace.com. November 19, 2010.

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• I moved to Chicago and began attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The students and teachers I met in Chicago were politically active and also passionate about the same things that I was interested in. It was a great match for me.

  Stephen Beal

  Profesor, Arte, Escuela

  Interview with Jason-Louise Graham, jasonlouise-graham.squarespace.com. Novemeber 19, 2010.

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• In the late 60's I was enrolled at Occidental College majoring in philosophy and taking several studio art classes, but I dropped out. It was a very confusing time with the war in Vietnam and the social changes sweeping the nation.

  Stephen Beal

  Art, Philosophy, War

  Interview with Jason-Louise Graham, jasonlouise-graham.squarespace.com. Novemeber 19, 2010.

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• My life as a painter influences my teaching and my duties as president of CCA - and I hope some of the experience of working at an exciting art school also spills over into my studio work. I believe most artists are adept at juggling multiple responsibilities - whether it's work, teaching, caring for family members or attending to relationships - with their studio commitment.

  Stephen Beal

  Art, Teaching, Believe

  Interview with Jason-Louise Graham, jasonlouise-graham.squarespace.com. Novemeber 19, 2010.

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• My studio work is a central part of my life and I'd be at loose ends without it. When I'm not in my studio, I don't stop thinking about painting.

  Stephen Beal

  Thinking, Painting, Ends

  Interview with Jason-Louise Graham, jasonlouise-graham.squarespace.com. Novemeber 19, 2010.

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• Only at the end of the last stroke of paint, you can begin to wonder what needs to be done next.

  Stephen Beal

  Necesidades, Hecho, Dura

  Interview with Jason-Louise Graham, jasonlouise-graham.squarespace.com. Novemeber 19, 2010.

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