KAL EIDOSCOPE L IVING
E LE CTRIC FEE L ACRYLIC AND GOLD AND S I LV E R L E A F (MIXED MEDIA) ON CANVAS 30 INCHES BY 40 INCHES
STEPHANIE BOSTOCK Artist Stephanie Bostock turned to painting to heal from personal trauma. Her intuitive process is meditative, guided by her emotions; and for “Electric Feel,” she felt electric. Starting with a dark and saturated color, Bostock builds up the canvas surface with layers of acrylic paint in vertical bands of lighter hues. Her signature mark is to tear, crinkle and place gold and silver metal leaf directly into the paint. The textural result shines and sparkles, and conveys her electric mood in “Electric Feel.” Bostock lives and works in Fayetteville. She studied industrial design at Purdue University and worked as a graphic designer before becoming a full-time artist. Her artwork is on view at Vita Vite’s midtown and downtown locations, on her website at stephaniebostockart.com and on Instagram @stephenbostock.
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“One day I pulled my canvas out and started to paint. It was like a big explosion. I started pouring my emotions out onto the canvas and I kept painting.”
BY CHARLOTTE RUSSELL