Steven A. Logan
Known for his soft touch and strong colors, Logan has been creating memorable landscapes and still life paintings for over a decade. Steve's style is reminiscent of the Impressionists, yet uniquely his own with a contemporary appeal. His paintings have a striking immediacy as he brings to the viewer his own world of wetlands, coastal and mountain landscapes and intimate still lifes. His is forever fascinated with light. And, his lush and vibrand plein air and studio painting are included in private collections from Florida to New York.
Largely self-taught, Logan has taken workshops taught by Terry Isaac and Rick McClure as well as classes at Emory University and the Atlanta College of Art, before it merged with SCAD-Atlanta.
Long a "Sunday painter," he started painting seriously on the threshold of the 21st Century. He was drawn toward Acrylic paints which were a new medium developed in the middle of the 20th Century. Although Steve works in other media, especially water colors and pastels, acryilics are his primary medium.
Logan has experimented extensively with different techniques, and in recent years his paintings have become more expressive and impressionistic. Today his efforts are targeted at developing truly luminous paintings while retaining rich dark colors and opaque impasto strokes. My emergent style is informed largely by the transparent layering techniques of the Masters and by the luminous work of Maxfield Parrish. My goal is to produce a blend of representational and abstract works of fine art that appear to glow from within.
Education
BA, University of South Florida, Tampa
MA, University of South Florida, Tampa
Attended Las Universidad de Las Americas, Puebla, Mexico; Emory University; Atlanta College of Art (now SCAD, Atlanta); and workshops with Terry Isaacs and Rick McClure.
Exhibits and Events
Solo Exhibits
Chocolate Perks, Gallery and Cafe, Duluth, Georgia, 2010
Suwanee Crossroads Center, Suwanee, Georgai, 2005
Bistro Soltera restaurant, Lawrenceville, Georgia, 2006
Group Exhibits
28th Annual Juried Spring Art Show, Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, NC, 2010
2010 Introductions Invitational Exhibition, Caffe Phoenix, Wilmington, NC, 2010
Art in the Arboretum, Wilmington, NC, 2009
Group Exhibit, North Georgia Art Guild, 2001
Spruill Art Center, Dunwoody, Georgia, 2000
2005 Print of For Future Generations presented to Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue by Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful;
2004 Commissioned by Gwinnett Coalition for Health and Human Services to paint Making Tomorrow a Better Place presented at the Annual Great Day of Service;
2002 Commissioned by Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful, Inc. to paint For Future Generations for use as a fund raiser;
Articles About My Art
October 1, 2005, Gwinnett Daily Post, feature article in the Life Styles Section, Development Director Captures Beauty on Canvas.
November 2005, Gwinnett County Chatroom, Planning and Development’s Steve Logan Finds Freedom in Painting, Beauty in Everything.
Memberships
The Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, NC
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
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