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Curtis Steiner

Curtis Steiner

Gathering

Apr 4 - Apr 27 | Opening Reception: Thursday, April 4, 5 - 8 PM
Curtis Steiner | 0268 | 34370

In Gathering, Steiner expands his exploration of movement, light, and line, which he debuted in his sell-out debut solo exhibition in September 2022. These intensely precise, sensual, free-hand watercolor paintings, some more than 50″ wide, are individually paired with antique wood and gilded frames, which Steiner hand-collected specifically for this exhibit. The resulting objects are mysterious, compelling, and irresistibly beautiful.

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0229 | 34382
0229 | 34382, 2024
watercolor and gouache
18.25"h x 15.25"w x 2"d
$3200
0270 | 34381
0270 | 34381, 2024
watercolor
19.75"h x 18.75"w x 2"d
$3400
0072 | 34389
0072 | 34389, 2024
watercolor and gouache
18"h x 24"w x 2"d
$4600
0186 | 34392
0186 | 34392, 2024
watercolor and gouache
18.5"h x 23"w x 2"d
$4800
0259 | 34396
0259 | 34396, 2024
watercolor
25"h x 18.5"w x 2"d
$4800
0155 | 34395
0155 | 34395, 2024
watercolor
29"h x 23"w x 2"d
$5200
0156 | 34400
0156 | 34400, 2024
watercolor and gouache
24"h x 19"w x 2"d
$4500
0257 | 34430
0257 | 34430, 2024
watercolor
41"h x 36"w x 2"d
$7400
0272 | 34435
0272 | 34435, 2024
watercolor
19"h x 22"w x 2"d
$4800
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  • 0229 | 34382, 2024
    watercolor and gouache
    18.25"h x 15.25"w x 2"d
    $3200
  • 0270 | 34381, 2024
    watercolor
    19.75"h x 18.75"w x 2"d
    $3400
  • 0072 | 34389, 2024
    watercolor and gouache
    18"h x 24"w x 2"d
    $4600
  • 0186 | 34392, 2024
    watercolor and gouache
    18.5"h x 23"w x 2"d
    $4800
  • 0259 | 34396, 2024
    watercolor
    25"h x 18.5"w x 2"d
    $4800
  • 0155 | 34395, 2024
    watercolor
    29"h x 23"w x 2"d
    $5200
  • 0156 | 34400, 2024
    watercolor and gouache
    24"h x 19"w x 2"d
    $4500
  • 0257 | 34430, 2024
    watercolor
    41"h x 36"w x 2"d
    $7400
  • 0272 | 34435, 2024
    watercolor
    19"h x 22"w x 2"d
    $4800
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    Curtis Steiner

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Curtis Steiner is an autodidactic polymath based in Seattle, WA. He is a master gardener, calligrapher, and artist. His luminous watercolors cast color and form as abstract protagonists in the midst of transformation. Soft forms swell, breach and accommodate the cavities around them, like lungs filling with air, or aquifers releasing water, in a waltz of scarcity and abundance. Informed by his calligraphy practice, Steiner’s renderings contrast precision and gesture to make the ephemeral concrete, a cloud between blinks, or a cellular exchange hidden from view. Their saturated totemic forms recall Tantric Paintings from Rajasthan, rich elemental voids to contemplate the infinite, suspended bridges to the sublime. Steiner establishes compositional parameters that generate ensuing forms, echoing parametric architecture’s pursuit of complex systems-driven geometry. Despite their meticulous abstract nature, these deliberate and organic forms suggest a human allegory. How do two individuals relate to and transform one another? What energy emerges when a couple collides?

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