Fine Art Watercolorist
2009 Excellence in Arts Awards Ceremony - see
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Artist Background: For more than thirty years Stephen has been teaching, volunteering, and articulating his love for art. This would include teaching Graphic Design Digital Pre Press (a nationally recognized program) at the Southern California Regional Occupational Center that assists students to continue their art education, develop their own businesses in the art world, and/or apply their art to various other entities throughout the South Bay. Within the community, he has also fulfilled this desire to promote art by accepting the role of the Torrance Fine Art Commissioner showing support for the arts and to encourage other artists to develop their artistic expression. He also served as a board member of the Torrance Art Council. All the while, Stephen has continued to actively work on his drawing and paintings.
Artist Statement: Born and raised in the shadow of the Wasatch Mountains, Stephen D. West came to an appreciation for fine art at an early age. This driving force behind Stephen West's artistic creations is the love for the outdoors where wonderful forms and ever-changing color challenge his mediums on canvas and feelings toward his subjects. He has a keen ability to capture a snapshot of a scene within nature that takes the viewer to a heightened experience of artistic involvement.
Professional
Affiliations:
South Bay Watercolor Society
Torrance Artists Guild
Arizona Watercolor Association
Utah Watercolor Association
New Mexico Watercolor Association
Pacific Art Guild
National Watercolor Society - Associate Member
Texas Watercolor Association
Peninsula Artists - Palos Verdes Art Center
Redondo Beach Art Group
California Art Club - Associate Member
Long Beach Art Group
Professional Honors:
Torrance Artists Guild Annual Show - 1st Place - Animal/Wildlife
"Birrell Watercolor Award" - Brigham Young University
"Purchase Award" - Brigham young University
Artists Open Group = 1st Place
Pacific Art Guild - 1st Place, Special Award
2007 Paint the Parks - 2nd 100 Award (of 926)
South Bay Watercolor - 1st Place
Mayor's Award, City of Torrance
Torrance Woman's Club - Kohler Memorial Award
City of Torrance Excellence in Visual Arts 2009 Award
Stephen teaching a class at Madrona Marsh...click here