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Tower Bridge Twilight by Steve Memering — Sacramento 2005-2006 Directory Cover Winner |
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Growing up in Sacramento, Steve Memering is proud to be a River City native. He received his education at CSUS, Berkeley, and Carnegie-Mellon and then returned to Sacramento to live and work. Steve has had a long career as a teacher and artist. Today he divides his time between painting several hours in the morning and working full time as a middle school art teacher. During the summer he also teaches adult painting workshops both here and abroad.For years Steve had developed a reputation as an accomplished water color artist.
Gradually he discovered that, for him, each painting was becoming a kind of journey. Opaque mediums, such as oil and acrylic gave him the freedom he needed to reevaluate and explore his ideas along the way. Never really abandoning the demanding constraints of water color completely,he now works predominantly in oil on canvas.
Steve’s widely diverse interests are reflected in the subject matter of his paintings. In his current work however, Sacramento scenes dominate and his expressive and unique style is present. The dramatic play of light and dark has become a persistent theme in his work along with bold, emotion-based color schemes. Uncomfortable with photographic realism, Steve prefers to “interpret” rather than “report” a subject. “I paint what I remember; not what I see,” Steve explains, “I try to edit out everything not essential and get to what is really there.” He finds conventional photographic realism mundane and misleading, “What a camera records is not what I see.”Steve’s work can be found in galleries, businesses and homes all over the state. Sports fans might have seen several of his paintings hanging in the hallways of Raley Field and the Skyline Restaurant at Arco Arena displays 5 of his pieces.Downtown Sacramento is becoming increasingly peppered with his paintings and limited editions. The 4th Street Grill, for example, has a wall of 4 of his large Sacramento scenes. Recently Steve entered the Crocker Kingsley Exhibition and won the People’s Choice award.
Steve Memering considers Smith Gallery on 11th and J his “home base” gallery where his originals and limited editions can be seen, enjoyed and purchased.
For more information, or just to see more examples of Steve’s work, stop by the gallery or get a quick overview at:
Other Work by Steve Memering
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