Regina Stevens

About the Artist

 Regina K. Stevens  rrrstevens@yahoo.com  410-491-3112  www.rksstudiowork.com   EDUCATION:              1984  MFA: LeRoy E. Hoffberger Graduate School of Painting, MICA, Baltimore MD 1982  BFA (Cum Laude) (GFA) MICA, Baltimore MD 1978  AA 1978  Holyoke Community College, Holyoke MA   CONTINUING EDUCATION: Maryland Institute College Of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD                                           2018  MICA special project for the Annie E. Casey Foundation. My team visited the site, collected data, collaborated  on a proposal for a mural sized painting,  presented proposal to the AEC board, executed accepted artwork and installed on site.. 16 weeks spring 2016-2019  Painting: The Portrait, Contemporary Figure Painting , Painting the Nude 2017  Fibers: Screen Printing on Fabric, Pattern and Digital Print Textile GFA: Watercolor "Wash and Gouache," "Watercolor Drawing" 2016-2017 Printmaking: Intaglio, Silkscreen     COURSERA ONLINE:                                                                   2015 "Visual Perception and the Brain”,  Duke University  2015  "The American South: Its Stories, Music, and Art”,  University of North Carolina  2014  "Social Psychology”,  Wesleyan University 2014  "The Fiction of Relationship",  Brown University 2014  "Introduction to Psychology as a Science”,  Georgia Institute of Technology    EXHIBITIONS:   2018 “Laurel Art Guild 49th Annual Juried Exhibit”  Montpelier Arts Center,Laurel Md            2018  “BWI D/E Connector” (Juried Exhibition, Concourse D Art Gallery, Airport)                      2017 “MuralProject” A.E.CaseyFoundation/MICA collaboration. BaltimoreMD                                  2016  “The Figurative Now” (Wakaime Art School, Anjo Achi, Japan)                                         2015 “Watercolor, Traditional and Experimental”  Columbia Center For The Arts, MD            2015  “MICA Then and Now”  Noyes Museum of Art, Stockton College, N.J.                           2013  “MICA Then and Now”  Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, Beacon, NY                                           2012 “Alumni Online”  MICA, Baltimore, MD                                                                            2011 “Alumni 12” X 12”  MICA, Baltimore, MD                                                                        1989 “MICA Art Connections” MICA, Baltimore MD                                                               1987-89 “Benefit Exhibits”  Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD                                               1988 “Summer Art Show” Plaza Suites, Rehoboth, DE                                                               1987  “Aids Benefit” George Ciscle Gallery, Baltimore, MD                                                       1986  “A Maryland Invitational” George Ciscle Gallery, Baltimore, MD                                    1985-86 “Annual Juried Exhibits” Academy of the Arts, Easton, MD                                          ACTIVITIES / VOLUNTEER WORK:   2017   Reading Partners (Furman L. Templeton Elementary School)                                               Tutor for two third grade students Worked one on one with struggling elementary age students to enrich the reading skills through the Reading Partners organization. 2011 / 2012  Habitat for Humanity                                                                                             On-site house construction and rehab 2000-2012  Parent Volunteer (Gilman School)                                                                                Teacher assistant, Library assistant, committees, chaperone   AWARDS:   1986    Best In Show Award- 22nd Annual Juried Show (Academy of the Arts)                               1988-89   City Arts Grant- Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Art and Culture                               1983   Greenhouse Loft Apartments Purchase Award                                                                      

Artist's Statement

I am a very process oriented observational painter. Most of my recent figurative/ portrait studies are done over a limited sitting of 3 hours so I have been working toward developing quick sketches that capture an immediate likeness and have a fresh quality. I keep the surface of the canvas active, continuing to add and subtract. In dealing with the portrait I embrace the fact that my model is not a statue and will inevitably shift and relax over the length of any extended pose. I have no preconceived idea how I will execute the painting beyond the initial composition. Each painting is intuitive, fluid and painterly. The image that emerges on my canvas reveals my own intensely focused interpretation of the model in a particular place and time.