Painter 

About the Artist

"My paintings are all about the development and process of an idea. It starts with a concept, and I keep layering it with light and value, then the form is revealed, but it must work with the characteristics of the mediums and structures I provide. Only then can it develop within the composition" Steve Mitts

 

Since graduating with an BFA from the University of Calgary in 1994, Steve Mitts has been a professional artist. His main discipline is working in acrylics on canvas, wood panels or stretched paper. In his early career, as well as having his work in exhibitions in galleries, he presented his work in various publications and caught the attention of the Historic Hotel MacDonald in Edmonton. The Hotel MacDonald selected Steve's work, which led to a 6-year solo exhibition of his paintings. His art work then took him to Ontario where he worked on ceiling murals as well as countless projects and commissions, one involving the production of over 40 paintings. He took time away, over the last 6 years, to focus and develop new paintings and concepts which he is now proud to present.

 

"The form of this shallow relief painting is evident through its structured grid, but the gentle

subject matter is formidable and does not fight the strength of it's confines but joins. It is in this unity that the painting is defined". Steve Mitts