Printable PDFs! New way of buying fine art!

Great news! I now have a number of printable PDFs for sale from Donnadowney.com! I am most excited about this potential because it frees everyone to buy my art without need for shipping and handling and time waiting. You can buy any of my PDFs and receive them immediately available for you to print them and frame them or have them printed and framed.

Please check out my current inventory every PDF is priced based on size. 8"x10" PDFs are $5 and larger sizes like 11"x14" are $7. All files are 300 dpi.

"Starry Eyed" - A painting about a husband and wife choosing to get away so that their dreams for the future can run wild.

"Artistry I" - A painting that was produced through a collaborative effort between myself and artist Donna Downey, owner of Donna Downey Studios in Huntersville NC. For me, this girl in the painting represents the excited anticipation for the future as she allows the warmth of the sunrise to wash over her face.

"Artistry II" - The 2nd collaborative painting with Donna Downey. This woman is confident and strong no matter what she faces.

"Artistry III" - The 3rd collaborative painting with Donna Downey. This young girl is filled with curiosity and creative imagination. In daydreams her world around her flows with bright beautiful color.

"Expecting Glory" - This painting is about how a person can walk through life and experience hardship and beauty and after a day is over hope rises from within expecting a glorious new day to come. The left half of the painting is a night scene and represents the past. The right half of the painting is a sunrise and represents what is to come. The tiny figure in the bottom center represents every person on an individual level. The circles rising from the figure represents hopes and dreams for the future. The longer we focus on a dream the bigger it can become and when we allow the cares of this life to distract us from our dreams, they begin to fragment and fall apart. The original painting is 7'x6' acrylic on 2 wooden panels.

"Sunset Steam" - This painting glows with the warmth of the tropics. Stephen painted it to bring a bright and bold happy feeling to viewer.

"Washed by the Light" - Day after day passed gray and flat. We didn't know the thing we lacked. Then came the day that you arrived, The Greatest Doctor had prescribed. It was an unforgettable day, and the light that shone, washed the gray away." - Stephen Lursen

"Winter Warmth" - This painting is intended to add a sparkle of festive fun to your walls throughout the winter season. Its for all the coffee and hot chocolate lovers out there who know how to savor each and every moment or for those who want a reminder to stop and enjoy each day even in the midst of a hectic lifestyle.

"Abstract Landscape V" - This painting combines the beauty within the color and texture of paint, with the mystery of an abstract landscape scene.

"Abstract Seascape I" - This painting also combines the beauty within the color and texture of paint, with the open airy quality of standing on a rocky shore looking out across the water.

Abstract Landscape V - Oil painting by Stephen Lursen

"Abstract Landscape V"

Acrylic and oil on canvas

by: Stephen Lursen
20" x 20"

2016

$300
(For sale by clicking the title link)

Also, If you would like to learn how to paint your own abstract landscape painting, please check out my online workshop "Abstract Landscape" sold here.

Starry Eyed Online Workshop

Starry Eyed Workshop is Stephen Lursen's debut, large scale painting, video workshop. Watch, learn, and work along with him as he paints a 4' x 3' mixed media painting. He breaks each step down with wonderful explanations that clearly demonstrate every step of the process. With a total of 129 minutes (over 2 hours!) of instruction, this experience is the closest you can come to taking a full, in person workshop, with Stephen right here at Donna Downey Studios. 

Concerned about working large for the first time? Don't be! You can do it! Furthermore, this painting is completely scaleable. You can use the lessons learned in this video and create a wide range of paintings, from very small to much larger than Stephen's 4'x3' canvas. No prior painting skills are necessary!

The included collaged element (the figures PDF) are downloadable in 6 sizes to empower you to pick the right size for your canvas.

Feel free to preview the supplies list to make sure you have the necessary supplies and purchase whatever may be needed.

part 1 (10:20) - Beginning an abstract painting

part 2 (13:29) - Fun with splattering paint

part 3 (13:00) - Glazing color over color

part 4 (9:31) - A nod to the past; Vincent van Gogh

part 5 (9:59) - All that glitters and gleams

part 6 (12:11) - Simple landscaping and collage

part 7 (6:37) - Building a fire and letting it glow

part 8 (13:52) - Simple figure painting

part 9 (13:50) - Making it snuggly... painting colorful textiles

part 10 (16:43) - Making smoke signals

part 11 (9:25) - Vignettes and fireflies

Purchase this online workshop to download or stream at: https://howtopaint.myshopify.com/products/starry-eyed-online-workshop

Thank you!

Stephen

Supply List:

Starry Eyed Workshop Supply List

With Stephen Lursen

Paint Supplies – Golden Brand fluid acrylics

·   Titanium White

·   Hansa Yellow Light

·   Quinacridone Magenta

·   Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold

·   Permanent Violet Dark

·   Anthraquinone Blue

·   Paynes Gray

·   Sap Green

·   Green Gold

·   Burnt Umber Light

·   Yellow Ochre

·   Florescent Yellow (I used a craft brand but would have preferred Golden)

·   Florescent Orange (I used a craft brand but would have preferred Golden)

·   Florescent Pink (I used a craft brand but would have preferred Golden)

Medium – Golden Brand

·   Regular Gel (Matte) – Fluid would have worked well also

Brushes

·   2” bulk priming/gesso paint brush (most 2” brushes will do really)

·   1” Simply Simmons brand flat brush

·   One small to medium sized round brush with a point

·   #2 Liner brush – Simply Simmons brand is what I use

Collage Supplies

·   Creative Concepts brand composition gold flakes (Any gold leaf will work)

·   Martha Stewart Craft glitter (I like extra fine glitter.  Color: “Smoky Quartz”)

·   IndigoBlu.com’s Mega-Flake in Autumn Blaze (small metallic flakes in fall colors)

Basic project needs

·   Water Basin + water

·   Paper towel or baby wipes

·   Painting Palette

·   Access to a printer for the included downloadable PDF

·   Scissors

·   4’x3’ Canvas (Or whatever size you are comfortable with)

·   Finishing sandpaper to smooth the surface of a new canvas

·   Easel

Rose View of Heaven - SOLD!

In 2014 I was commissioned to create a painting for a customer in the Lake Norman area. We met and had a brief conversation about what colors she likes and dislikes and about the fact that she wanted the painting to give the experience of looking at clouds - having no intentional imagery, but the opportunity to read into it what one sees in the moment.

I started by painting 2 small scale mock ups for a 2nd meeting where I could get more feedback giving me a little bit more clarity on her hopes and dreams for the painting.

Once we met and discussed I got to work on the larger painting. The final canvas is 5' tall x 4' wide.

I installed it in her home and was allowed to take a number of pictures as it hung.

Thank you Nancy!

These are the photos from the first installation. About a year later when she commissioned me to create a second painting for their bedroom, she asked me to make some small changes to the painting and frame it. The newest pictures are below the older pictures, so keep scrolling down to see the updates! Thank you!

Rose View of Heaven
Stephen Lursen
Acrylic on canvas
5' x 4'
2014
SOLD

UPDATE PHOTOS 2016

Abstract Landscape Painting - SOLD!!!

I was recently commissioned to create an abstract landscape painting based on some of my past works, but this one had the request of a specific color palette. This work is the most textural of my past abstract landscapes and also includes gold leaf.

Abstract Landscape for Karen Dortschy - Artist and owner of http://www.hautedaugeportraits.com/

I have been working with Karen for a year now as she has rapidly grown her artist business. The demand for her work has consistently grown, and not a week has gone by since I've worked with her that she hasn't had a commission or multiple on her schedule. I'm proud of her growth and also very honored that she commissioned me to create this painting for her home. Please check out her website and view her paintings by clicking here. It is the second painting she has purchased from me in the last year which makes her one of my collectors. :) Proud moment for me!

Abstract Landscape VIII

Stephen Lursen

Acrylic and gold leaf on canvas

24" x 24"

2015

 Here is the photo Karen texted me after she hung the painting in her home. :)

Thank you Karen!!!
Sincerely,


Stephen

Galaxy Splash Abstract Painting - SOLD!!!

About a year ago, my wife and I wanted to work on a painting together for our home. We had done that twice before and we no longer had either of the paintings because they sold. In the past, my personal style was much more neutral in color palette, and my wife Cara loves bright bold color. As any husband knows, 'If Momma aint happy, aint nobody happy!'. So we started with a 36" x 36" gallery depth canvas and started throwing color down. We did actually work on the canvas while it was laying flat so that we truly could sling paint down and it would stay where it was thrown. I've learned a lot about painting from working for and with Donna Downey. Her use of color, painting with her hands, and strategically laying down warm and cool colors separately to maintain the integrity of the colors. We only tilted the canvas up in specific stages when we wanted drips and runs in the paint to occur. I couldn't resist adding in some gold leaf. It's my thing!

SOLD!!! - I am proud to say that this painting was purchased by Artist Junelle Jacobsen!!! I was extremely humbled, proud, honored, and excited when I found out that she loved my painting so much she purchased it. Thank you so much Junelle!

Detail shots are below. One technique I learned from my Major Professor Tom Stanley in Grad School is sgraffito sgraf·fi·to/zɡräˈfētō,skrä-/

noun a form of decoration made by scratching through a surface to reveal a lower layer of a contrasting color, typically done in plaster or stucco on walls, or in slip on ceramics before firing.