About the Artist
Stephanie Law's images trace the boundary between dream and reality. She delves into the
pictoral language of allegory, explores mythology in new contexts,
chases tiny worlds of wonder from an insect's viewpoint, and
highlights the beauty of growth and decay found in nature.
She interweaves texture, watercolor, gold and silver leaf, ink, and creates
intricate layered pieces with resin and custom designed frames. In a meld
of organic patterns and familiar archetypes, her paintings pose a question on the
nature of perception and beauty, and it is against this backdrop that the
ephemeral guides and strange creatures dance and beckon the viewer to follow
through her various series.
Archetypes, the basis for the universal appeal of mythological concepts, are one of the defining inspirations for her imagery. This is mingled with the movement of dance. Stephanie has been a dancer for almost two decades, and she uses that experience of how the human body moves and emotes to create a bridge into her artwork so that not only do the humans dance across the page, but the branches of her trees move with a sinuous grace, and the arrangement of inanimate elements has a choreographed rhythm and flow. Growing up in California, Stephanie has been surrounded by the wealth of natural inspiration all around her. The twisting boughs of live oaks from the hills near her home insinuate themselves into her paintings. The chaos of Nature's wild growth, and conversely the beauty of decay, echo in the textures and fractal patterns of her work.
Early on, her career moved through the illustration and gaming world, but in recent decades she has focused more on her own body of work, gallery shows, and publications.
She can be contacted by email at:
stephlaw (at) gmail (dot) com
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