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CURRENT EXHIBITION
Marking Time in the Wild
Roy Stever
41 Market Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
603.436.7007
Current Exhibition
Marking Time in the Wild
by Roy Stever
For six decades, Roy Stever has explored the wilderness areas of Northern New England, but only lately has he begun to see them through the eyes of an artist. Roy has reached the summits of all 4000’ mountains in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont as well as experienced the exquisite Maine Coastline, from Quoddy Head south to the marshes of Wells. In 2018, well in to his sixties, Roy resolved to record his life-long travels in a new undertaking – oil painting. He would do so with the benefit of memory, his own photographs and the instruction of Maine Artist Margaret Gerding.
Roy paints both plein air and in the studio, using just a palette knife, uncut paints and a canvas or board. His subjects are recognizable, interpreted as an impressionist and captured with a classical process. The works offer visual emphasis with exciting lines, distinct color transitions and interesting shapes.
“Marking Time in the Wild” takes us north to places such as Mt. Washington in New Hampshire and Katahdin in Maine and then follows the coastline south to touch on natural features like Petit Manan, Monhegan Island and Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park. Works from the artist’s hometown in New Hampshire are painted from a local point of view of the White Mountains and its headwaters. There are paintings of Vermont as well, including a quirky summit named “The Owl”, a Green Mountain pond and a Waitsfield cow.
“All of my work is informed by at least one visit, in some cases on many occasions through the years. In a Plein air painting, I search at length for a dramatic perspective and the best light. In a studio setting, I rely upon my own photographs, sketches and memories to find that same sense of adventure in capturing a worthy subject.” – Roy Stever
Roy and his wife Debbie live on an historic 160-acre farm at the edge of the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, accompanied by dogs, cats, and a steady flow of family, moose, bears, bobcats, otters and others.
Along the Bridle Path 17x17 SOLD Stonington 30x30 $4000 The Owl 16x20 $800 Sunrise Over Kinsman Ridge 15x30 $1250 Squeaker Cove 8x10 SOLD Randolph Valley and Mt. Madison 5x5 SOLD Jewell Trail Study 5x5 SOLD 100 Mile Wilderness 5x5 SOLD Rocks Gulf Hagas ME $8x8 $400 Northern Presidentials 18x24 $1750 Mt. Katahdin 24x48 $3000 Monhegan Headlands 20x20 SOLD Kinsman Ridge from Cannon 24x36 SOLD Jewell Trail Mt. Clay 12x16 $600 Henderson Stream 12x24 $800 Headwaters of the Wild Ammonoosuc 20x20 SOLD Headlands Precipice Monhegan 12x12 $500 Gull Monhegan ME 8x8 $400 Goose Rocks Sunset Kennebunkport 10x20 $450 Evening Light 8x10 SOLD Doubletop Baxter State Park 12x24 SOLD Dilly Cliffs 19x25 $2500 Christmas Cove Monhegan 12x12 SOLD Beaver Pond 16x20 $750 Alpine Garden Mt. Washington 18x24 $1750