Reimagining Landscapes Through Abstraction

Vancouver-based artist Stephen Dancey paints abstract landscapes that typically end up being more abstract than landscape. Usually starting with a natural landscape and transitioning into abstraction, his paintings invite viewers to connect with something familiar and recognizable before being drawn into the more abstract, textural, and tactile elements of his work. His exploration of the physical qualities of paint, its textures and colours, gestural marks and expressive elements, adds depth and dimension to his paintings. With the many layers of paint creating a rich, complex surface, a kind of history develops on the canvas that encourages viewers to spend time with his paintings, discovering new details and subtle shifts in the surface as they explore the work further. Continue reading…

Acrylic Paintings on Canvas

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Chasing a Feeling
Acrylic on canvas, 2024
10 x 10 inches (25.5 x 25.5 cm)
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Seasons Shape the Meaning
Acrylic on canvas, 2024
12 x 12 inches (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
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“I’m an advocate of enjoying a painting for being a painting. By looking at the brushwork you lose yourself in texture then step back and lose yourself in the peacefulness of the image as a whole.”

Amy Concannon, Manton Senior Curator of Historic British Art at Tate

Acrylic Paintings on Paper

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Whispers
Acrylic on paper, 2024
7 x 5 inches (17.5 x 12.5 cm)
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Misty
Acrylic on paper, 2024
5 x 7 inches (12.5 x 17.5 cm)
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Acrylic Collages on Wood

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Memories of Geography
Acrylic collage on wood panel, 2024
12 x 12 inches (30.5 x 30.5 cm)
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Contour Drift
Acrylic collage on wood panel, 2024
8 x 8 inches (20.5 x 20.5 cm)
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“I’m always looking for abstraction because I think when the eye and the brain are struggling to interpret what they are looking at, all sorts of magic happens…”

David R Abram, Photographer