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Steve Armes, American 20th/21st Century |
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| About the Artist: Drawing and painting were early hobbies for Steve Armes, but by high school he began to consider a career in art. His first semester at San Jose University was initially frustrating as he soon realized traditional techniques were not popular and were not being taught. Anyone who has endeavored to study traditional painting knows how difficult it is to find teachers, but fortunately by the second semester at the university Armes found Maynard Dixon Stewart, who was educated in 19th century academic ideals and techniques. Stewart, who became Armes' friend and mentor, had received instruction from his father, Utah landscape painter LeConte Stewart, as well as from British artist Alvin Gittens. Stewart also had studied at the Art Students League with the renowned Frank Vincent DuMond, who had the great fortune to study at the legendary 19th century Acadamie Julian in Paris. Armes eventually graduated with a painting degree and then began working as an illustrator while pursuing classical painting. He moved to Dallas in the mid 1980's and had an opportunity for further study with Herbert Perleman, who had received instruction from Frank Reilly at the Art Students League. In 2006, Steve Armes was invited to become one of the ‚"Triad: Three American Painters," that included Stephen Gjertson and Kirk Richards. This traveling exhibition debuted at the Newington-Cropsey Foundation in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. In addition to landscapes, Armes paints figures and still life in the classic manner. He also teaches workshops throughout the United States and Europe. Awards: 2009 CampFire USA Paint Out, Plein Air Award for 5th Place 2008 First Annual Fort Worth Campfire Paint Out: Award of Excellence 2005 Fort Worth Historic Society Preservation Show: Cynthia Brants Award of excellence Exhibitions: 2009 Galerie Kornye West Fall Invitational Show 2008 Atlanta Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia: Scapes: Land, Sea and Sky, group show 2008 Atlanta Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia: Scapes: Land, Sea and Sky, group show 2008 Galerie Kornye West Fall Invitational Show 2007 David Dike Fine Art, Dallas, Texas: Triad-Three American Painters, three-man show with Stephen Gjertson and Kirk Richards 2006 Norwood Flynn, Dallas, Texas: Conversations with a Muse, group show of drawings, figurative paintings and landscapes. 2006 Norwood Flynn, Dallas, Texas: Lake Como and Beyond: Italian Landscapes by Steve Armes, one-man show. 2006 The Newington Cropsey Museum, New York: Triad-Three American Painters, three-man show with Stephen Gjertson and Kirk Richards. 2005 Monticello Art Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas: Landscapes and recent work, group show. Publications: 2008 American Artist Magazine, cover story: Using Sketches, Photographs, Research and Imagination to Create Studio Paintings, article written by the artist. 2007 Salon America Journal: In the Studios of Paris: William Bouguereau and His American Students exhibition review, article written by the artist. Teaching: Academic Figure Drawing and Painting, Steve Armes studio, 1992-1995 Private teaching, 2006-present Landscape Painting Workshop, Florence, Italy, 2007 Triad Lecture, three-man seminar with Stephen Gjertson and Kirk Richards, The Newington Cropsey Museum, New York, 2007 Lecture and demonstration on painting the landscape, Angel Academy, Florence, Italy, 2008 Professional Organizations: American Society of Classical Realism, unanimously elected guild member, 1996-2006 Triad-Three American Painters, three-man group formed by Stephen Gjertson and Kirk Richards to promote traditional painting and to exhibit together |
