Steven-Smulka

Steve Smulka choses to concentrate his efforts on capturing the elusive quality of natural light that has always fascinated him. He follows the tradition of genre painting of everyday objects but gives his paintings a contemporary edge by painting the objects larger than life. His hyper-realistic vision of glass pulsates with life and turns opaque paint into translucent, glowing light. In his paintings a brilliant beam of illumination probes to focus on the elements of his dramatic compositions. His shadows propel these compositions into the actual world of the viewer.

"Blue Pitcher"