06 Works, The Art Of The Nude, Steve Hanks' Morning Rituals, with footnotes # 165

Steve Hanks, 1949-2015

Comfort in Solitude

Paper Lithograph

7 3/4 x 13 1/2

Private collection

Steve Hanks, 1949-2015
Wonders Of A Woman
Limited Edition Print
27"w X 8"h.
Private collection

Steve Hanks Wonders of a Woman" I don't often paint the model looking at you because then the viewer becomes a participant in the painting. I don't want that. By showing the model with her face turned aside, I allow the viewer to admire this special moment from the outside, with the choice to emphathize with the model or to see her as themselves or as someone that they know." More on this work

Steve Hanks, 1949-2015

Blending into Shadows and Sheets

Paper Lithograph

12 x 20

Private collection

Steve Hanks, 1949-2015

In Repose

Paper Lithograph

5 x 14

Private collection

Steve Hanks, 1949-2015

Holding the Moment

Paper Lithograph

5 x 14

Private collection

Steve Hanks, 1949-2015

Casting Her Shadow

Paper Lithograph

13 x 20

Private collection

Steve Hanks, 1949-2015, is recognized as one of the best watercolor artists today. The detail, color and realism of Steve Hanks' paintings are unheard of in this difficult medium. Steve Hanks captures these patterns of life better than anyone.

Steve Hanks was born into a military family in San Diego in 1949. His father was a highly decorated WWII Navy flyer. Hanks grew up playing tennis and surfing along the beaches of Southern California. 

The family was transferred to New Mexico when Steve was a junior. After high school he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in San Francisco, earning excellent marks in commercial art and figure drawing. He transferred to the California College of Arts and Crafts, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

Steve Hanks took a job as a caretaker at a Campfire Girl’s camp near Cuba, New Mexico in 1976. The pay was minimal, but the rent was free, and all during the winter months his time was his own. For the next four and a half years Hanks experimented with many media: oils, watercolor, pencil, acrylics. 

Hanks calls his style ‘emotional realism’. He often leaves the faces of his figures obscured or turned away, not only to leave the face to the imagination of the viewer but also to allow the entire figure to express the emotion. Backlighting is also a signature element of his style. 

He received the National Watercolor Society Merit Award and the National Academy of Western Art Gold Medal, in addition to consistently appearing in the list of top ten American artists compiled by U.S. Art Magazine. Art for the Parks has honored his work with many awards since 1989. More on Steve Hanks

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