Stephen Calhoun

Stephen Calhoun b1954

To steep ourselves in a subject-matter we have first to plunge into it.— John Dewey

(Hypothesis: that a congerie may be transformed into a compelling and evocative order. Driven by a viewer’s natural urge of consciousness to grasp order, discover shapes and symbols, knit together patterns, and unearth archetypes and narratives, such an order redounds in the viewer’s personal reflection.)

My art’s aim is to grip and then inspire the viewer to seek their own unique discoveries in the image. The sensitive viewer completes the experiment with their own imagination.

I came to my art practice as a matter of my lifelong drive to satisfy my curiosity. This demands that I continue to wander, experience, explore, do experiments. Creating visual pieces is a musical process of spontaneous conduction.

My art is intended to be for all ages, and, for all time.

The viewer’s time is the great gift which predicates their experience. My artworks privilege time, curiosity and imagination.