Stev'nn Hall
Stev'nn Hall is a multidisciplinary artist who blends photography and painting to create mixed media landscapes that evoke his rural Ontario upbringing. His work is a visual exploration of memory, identity and emotion, as he captures the beauty and mystery of nature with an exploration of color and texture.
Hall's artistic journey began with a 35 mm camera and a paintbrush, which led him to study film, painting and photography at Concordia University in Montreal. He then pursued a career in the media industry, directing experimental films, music videos and television promos, before returning to his passion for painting. His early paintings were oil portraits of wounded men, inviting the viewer to draw a connection between oppositional states of vulnerability and control.
His main body of work, however, is a photography & mixed media landscape series, in which he enlarges and manipulates images of lakes, roads and skies from his childhood. He then adds layers of paint, digital effects, ink and pastel to create a dynamic contrast between realism and abstraction. Hall explains "I was equally drawn by the vastness of nature, and also threatened by its power and unknown transformative character. My intention with this series is to render the landscape of my memory as both magical and menacing."
In recent years, he continues to explore new techniques, using digital and paper collage, and experimenting with training and creating AI generative models to incorporate into his arsenal of mixed media formats.
Stev'nn Hall is a multidisciplinary artist who blends photography and painting to create mixed media landscapes that evoke his rural Ontario upbringing. His work is a visual exploration of memory, identity and emotion, as he captures the beauty and mystery of nature with an exploration of color and texture.
Hall's artistic journey began with a 35 mm camera and a paintbrush, which led him to study film, painting and photography at Concordia University in Montreal. He then pursued a career in the media industry, directing experimental films, music videos and television promos, before returning to his passion for painting. His early paintings were oil portraits of wounded men, inviting the viewer to draw a connection between oppositional states of vulnerability and control.
His main body of work, however, is a photography & mixed media landscape series, in which he enlarges and manipulates images of lakes, roads and skies from his childhood. He then adds layers of paint, digital effects, ink and pastel to create a dynamic contrast between realism and abstraction. Hall explains "I was equally drawn by the vastness of nature, and also threatened by its power and unknown transformative character. My intention with this series is to render the landscape of my memory as both magical and menacing."
In recent years, he continues to explore new techniques, using digital and paper collage, and experimenting with training and creating AI generative models to incorporate into his arsenal of mixed media formats.
