Harry Steen
House in Wales - Urn in Window
Oil on board
9 x 12ins (22.9 x 30.5cm)
Harry Steen lives and works in Calgary, Alberta. He received a BFA in Art, from the University of Calgary (1999-2002). Inspired by classical cultures - especially Greek - his paintings...
Harry Steen lives and works in Calgary, Alberta. He received a BFA in Art, from the University of Calgary (1999-2002).
Inspired by classical cultures - especially Greek - his paintings of elaborately decorated interiors and ornate garden scenes infuse realism with the beautiful and frightening, often using hidden symbolism from these civilizations.
As well as the influence of Balthus, Steen’s surfaces, colours, and pictorial language also point to the influence of the Venetian Renaissance, in particular Titian, Giorgione, and Bellini.
Inspired by classical cultures - especially Greek - his paintings of elaborately decorated interiors and ornate garden scenes infuse realism with the beautiful and frightening, often using hidden symbolism from these civilizations.
As well as the influence of Balthus, Steen’s surfaces, colours, and pictorial language also point to the influence of the Venetian Renaissance, in particular Titian, Giorgione, and Bellini.
