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"Golden Pond"  Oil   16 x 20  
Golden Pond

Busy lights have found their way

to rest

and play amongst the rocks of golden pond

and to our eyes delight

the surface hides in shadows

dense from foliage near and trees above

surreal

this natures scene

complete

and real

as through the clear of surface seen

Stephen Stavast

From the Collection of

Ted and Donna Greidanus

 

 
"A Glass Act"  Oil   24 x 18
 
A Glass Act
"River Bank Deposit"  Oil 14 x 11
River Bank Deposit

From the Collection
of:
Dale and Sharon Norton

"A Bolder View"      Oil    30 x 24

No stone was left unturned
as boulders came to view
magic in its realism
brought forth at brushes end

Art is reaped from seeds of thought and knowledge
methodically planned and planted in
a viewer’s memory
a dry bed
arroyo
and other words describe the scene
but
design and depth are bolder views
for art is in the turning
upside down and sideways true

Now shape and size and colorwise define their
valued meaning
pieces bent to fit the whole
with every aspect pleasing

Abstract in thought from basic “X”
grounded
in a modern bold tradition
magically real
and through this labyrinth my art is found

 

Stephen Stavast
A Bolder View
"Singing In The Reign"   Oil   28 x 22

Spots and shafts of sun

allow the purple reign

close at hand are starfish waifs
that surely stir the brew

of this the clover sings in tune

while droplets add percussion

and tree frog gets in too

conducted and controlled from the tattered purple

singing in the reign

in all their colored glory

a harmony in view

Stephen Stavast

                                                                                                   "Double Rainbow"  Oil  20 x 11

If you could cry me a river

I’ll try a river over you

real or not these fish I caught
have moves from my imagination
my pot of gold

painted impressions help the surface be
above a double rainbow

and through this subtle dance
a view of bottoms chance with light

and in this moment
they so combine to make this movement right


Stephen Stavast

"Peaceful Bank"  Oil   28 x 22
Peaceful Bank

Imagine sitting on a rock
looking back to shore

the light is from the afternoon

and here I’ve played with space and shape
and sun and shade

and textures juxtaposed

peaceful bank
is aligned and on the move

a quiet place with raucous possibilities

rotate 90 toward the clock
and watch the shadows play

rotate 90 toward the clock
and watch the sunlight play

rotate 90 toward the clock
and feel dimension play

each a neighbor living within a peaceful bank
and here as thought they stay


Stephen Stavast

From the Collection
of:
Shon and Lisa Alexander
"The Promise"          Oil     20 x 24

From the collection
of:
Jean and Scott Jenkins

"This painting expresses to me a quiet message of beauty,
tranquility and a deep 'promise' of wonderful things to come."
             Jean Jenkins
The Promise
"My Current Work"                 Oil                    36 x 72
My Current Work

A scene of logical movement
attenuates to quiet pool

the camouflage of light from surface moves

gives way to detailed rocky grooves and depths
so surely seen

a current work creates the vision
of places walked beyond a normal pace

a mind at peace in memory
just moments from the race

of thinking  standing  watching  racing
water finds its place

Stephen Stavast

From the Collection
of:
Jeanne Robinson
"Golden Armada"                       Oil          14 x 32

A playful gust has launched this fleet of fancy
the first of many in the rule of the shade of the
admiral tree

the vanguard tests these waters
golden armada its heroic handle
cannon fodder beneath its name
sink and float and move
and set the stage for the overwhelming numbers
yet to come

the admiraltree in the rule of its shade
as proven in the spring and summer sun
readies the launch of fall
to cast the plan of shadow all as one

but as they leave the admiraltree the plan is shattered
scattered as leaflets in the wind
the rule of shade is folly
as the admiraltree falls to leaves without a thought

sinking  moving  floating
casting countless shadows
from its skeletal roots
as always in this season
in the valley ruled by sun

Stephen Stavast

 Golden Armada
"A World of Difference"   Oil  18 x 24
A World of Difference

Shade and sunlight play
rocks wet and dry defined degrees of such

under the water surface
and rocks that surface up above
bottom to the top

and on t he surface the sky is seen on earth

and on the drier ground
are found a needle and the leaf

a slight relief to balance each rotation

while each performs its duty
they bring the eyes to earth

just another picture?

and these words for what they’re worth

Stephen Stavast
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