Steven Schickedanz
New Providence, New Jersey
A room full of flowers that never grow old... A room full of ordinary things made with gold...
MessageSteven studied psychology for his first two years in university before deciding the profession wasn't for him. He decided he wanted to pursue something in the visual arts so he left and took a job in an art supply warehouse so that he could study Fine Art at a local private art school with a Ruskin School trained painter named Myron Barnstone. Myron taught him the fundamentals of drawing, painting, color theory and composition. He also taught him the meaning of practice, a concept for which he is forever grateful. The rest of his fine art practice has been self-taught.
Steven then went on to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where he matriculated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. He has been working as an Architect and designer for the past 30 years while maintaining a small fine art practice.
Statement
Most of my work is small in scale. I like the intimacy of it. You have to get close to it. Look at the detail of it.
I do a lot of painting and drawing on paper. Paper is fragile. It wrinkles and tears easily when it’s wet. It warps, yellows and fades when it gets old. I like that. It reflects impermanence. It’s like life.
Sometimes the scale of my work is bigger. Not often but sometimes. There is a different energy in the larger work. It’s broader and more physical. I like that too.
I mostly use graphite, carbon and charcoal mixed with oil and acrylic paints. I often make my own brushes and marking tools from crushed sticks, bamboo, rags and paper. I sometimes use crayon, pastel and ink.
I enjoy using line, color and form to expresses motion, energy and fluidity. I paint on my drawings and draw on my paintings and find it hard to definitively separate these two techniques. I prefer to represent feelings and emotion rather than emulate realistic appearances. My work is mostly figurative. I gravitate to drawing and painting people.
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