"I am
continually fascinated with the fleeting effects of light
and shadows observed while working outdoors and constantly
exploring these tonal relationships and changing color
perceptions."
Steve
Parker works in his studio from part memory and part
observation. His landscapes evoke in the viewer the feeling
of having remembered a place once visited. There is a
feeling of recognition, of the familiar and yet of the
elusive. The visual space of the painting entices one to
imagine the changing light and atmosphere on a pond or a
sudden mysterious ray of light across a clearing.
By looking
inward, Parker has created a view which like nature is
constantly changing. These images have enough definition to
become recognizable while retaining a loose painterly
quality.
Parker is
currently teaching landscape and still life painting at the
Art League of Houston.
