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Steve Coffey

Original oil paintings. Click any image to enlarge. Biography

 

 



"Midnight Train"
30 x 40 - oil
$2520 Unframed

SOLD
"Candle Light"
30 x 40 - oil
$2520 Unframed
 



"Morning Fields and Shack"
24 x 36 - oil
$2160 Unframed
 



"Breaking Southern Storm"
20 x 36 - oil
$2020 Unframed


SOLD
"Late Moon and Farmhouse"
36 x 40 - oil
$2660 Unframed

 



"Distant Rain and Train"
36 x 40 - oil
$2660 Unframed


SOLD
"A Late Night Shack"
24 x 36 - oil
$2160 Unframed



"Fall Tree and Soft Light"
24 x 24 - oil
$1730 Unframed
 



"Rest"
22 x 28 - oil
$1800 Unframed



"Late Poles and Tracks"
12 x 24 - oil
$1300 (thick canvas
 wrap without frame)



"Wind Walk"
20 x 36 - oil
$2020 Unframed
 



"Sun Strip and Trail"
20 x 36 - oil
$2020 Unframed


SOLD
"Morning Fence and Poles"
24 x 36 - oil
$2160 Unframed

 



"A Summer Field and Trail"
24 x 36 - oil
$2160 Unframed



"Deserted Farm in Morning"
12 x 16 - oil
$1010 Unframed

 




"A Dad and Daughter"
16 x 24 - oil
$1440 Unframed
 

 


STEVE COFFEY

Artist's Statement

 
"My work is elemental, with a focus on nature and the forces with which humanity has to contend. I search for a distinctive atmosphere from the immensity and grandeur of the plains to the human mark etched upon it. With both a plaintive and expressive palette of light and movement I draw both from my past, a process I call "Memory Polaroids", and from the present day of all that surrounds me. My medium is oil on canvas."

 
 

Steve Coffey has been an integral part of the western Canadian art and music scene for many years. He has curated travelling exhibitions, created large-scale public sculptures, taught college, and conducted many workshops and art residencies. His far-flung travels have taken him to places such as London, England and he has exhibited in Poznan City, Poland. Of the art in these major centers (along with favorites Berlin and Amsterdam), he speaks of being “visually exhausted and spiritually inspired” and he recalls the longing to return to the “intricate nuances and swirling beauty” of the Canadian landscape. He notes such influences as The Group Of Seven, Emily Carr and Alex Colville to name a few.

After finishing his formal training in 1990 (University of Regina, M.F.A.) Steve practiced as a metal sculptor in the very formalist setting of Edmonton. Eventually he gave in to his love of drawing and representation and was seduced by the immediacy and challenges of oil paint. He began exploring the medium full time in 1995.

Steve has exhibited extensively and his paintings can be found in numerous private and public collections throughout North America and Europe. 

He is also a well-known western Canadian singer-songwriter with a number of recordings that have received critical acclaim. He and his band "The Lokels" perform regularly and can be heard on the radio airwaves from commercial to college to frequencies in between. He has also dabbled in films, one of which was purchased by the arts and entertainment channel Bravo! in 2007. 

Steve makes his home in Vulcan, Alberta with his partner Barbara and their two daughters Lydia and Grace.

 

Steve Coffey's work and story are featured in the Winter 2010/2011 Issue of Magazin Art.

Click for PDF version

 


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SOLD
"Diesel and Hard Sky"
22 x 28 - oil
$1800 Unframed
 


SOLD
"Father With Children"
24 x 36 - oil
$2100 Unframed

 



SOLD
"Mother and Daughter and Treeline"
22 x 30 - oil
$1820 Unframed
 


SOLD
"Old Pole Road"
24 x 48 - oil
$2520 (thick canvas
wrap without frame)

 

 



SOLD
"Another Winter Breakdown"
24 x 36 - oil
$2100 Unframed

 



SOLD
"Farmer in Summer Field"
8 x 8 - oil
$560 (thick canvas
wrap without frame)

 


SOLD
"Winter Pole Road"
6 x 12 - oil
$630 Unframed

 

 



SOLD
"Dad and Daughter"
22 x 30 - oil
$1820 Unframed

 



SOLD
"Mother and Daughter Afternoon"
8 x 10 - oil
$630 Unframed

 


 


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