Stephen Coyle: Beach Stories

Stephen Coyle: Beach Stories

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Stephen Coyle: Beach Stories Solo Artist Exhibition

Quidley & Company - Naples, FL Opening March 14, 2018 As the first solo exhibition for the artist at Quidley & Company, Stephen Coyle’s paintings demonstrate his talent of conveying everyday representational beach scenes through a unique perspective and style. Working with themes connected to his time spent living in Rhode Island, the paintings, though representational in nature, utilizes abstraction in forms and brushwork which can be seen in the undefined figures. The brightly lit sun-filled depictions of the beach arose from his observation of “zoo-like” tendencies witnessed.

Stephen comments on this continuing theme through his works as, “I want these paintings to be a summation of humanity through our poses, and gestures. The beach is where we are closest to our natural state at birth: naked and vulnerable.

The spacing between each figure and each figurative grouping is important. The space and distance between us are where the stories are told. The beach paintings are an examination of us as we walk, crawl, run, crouch, and lie upon the earth. The beach is humanity’s anthill. The building paintings echo the emotions of those that live within and the phone paintings symbolize the loneliness of the human experience.” – Stephen Coyle

A Day in the Sun 36 x 48 inches

Are You Going to Eat That Last Piece 20 x 30 inches

Beach Bums 40 x 30 inches

Boys of Summer 40 x 30 inches

Brother

40 x 30 inches

Dark Waters 24 x 36 inches

I Gotcha

9 x 12 inches

It’s Over

48 x 36 inches

Looking For a Spot 30 x 30 inches

Monday

12 x 12 inches

My Neighbor’s Window 14 x 11 inches

Neck Deep 36 x 36 inches

Rising Tide 36 x 36 inches

The Back Door 10 x 8 inches

The Beer is Cold and I’m Alone 40 x 48 inches

The Summer Mike Fell in Love 12 x 36 inches

The Tatoo and the Pregnancy 48 x 60 inches

Under the Dunes 24 x 34 inches

Walden Pond 34 x 40 inches

Walden Pond - Siblings 30 x 30 inches

Walden Pond Sunset 16 x 16 inches

Dresses

each 16 x 16 inches

Baby Buggy 44 x 46 inches

Popcorn

48 x 36 inches

Urban Sunflower 24 x 18 inches

It’s 95’ and We’re Out of Ice 30 x 40 inches

She Doesn’t Live Here Anymore 36 x 36 inches

She’s a Builder of Castles 12 x 36 inches

Striped Beach Chair 12 x 36 inches

Fish and Chips 36 x 36 inches

Beach Gossip 12 x 72 inches

Mary’s Red Shoes 30 x 30 inches

Out

24 x 30 inches

Tough Boys 12 x 36 inches

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