Stephen Wright Painter UK 1962

Support Stephen Wright’s () emotionally intense Realist portraits recall works by revered British painters like Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, and Jenny Saville. Like these artists, Wright is captivated by the body, and how a portrait can manifest the psychological complexity of the sitter’s inner world. The piercing gaze of the solitary woman in Figure Sitting Cross-legged (2005), which sold for $10,000 at auction in 2011, contrasts with her self-protective body language, an example of Wright’s ability to draw out contradictions between strength and vulnerability. Based in Los Angeles, Wright has also focused his detailed approach to painting on his frequent visits to local beaches and the meditative experience of swimming in the Pacific Ocean, capturing the rush of waves in turbulent paintings like Shallows (2019) and Foam (2020). By Images: Google - Pinterest M