Santa Fe painter, Stephanie Love, works with a multitude of materials to create her contemporary, expressionist works, from watercolor to illustration, to mixed media with acrylic. The New Jersey-born artist  was raised in Empire, Michigan, and attended Oakland University in Rochester, MI, before graduating from the Penny Stamps School of Art and Design at the University Michigan.

 

Perpetually interested in the personal effects of creating art, Love focuses on painting itself; she builds each image in layers by color, whether just a simple sketch, or a massive, many month project. “All of my pieces are ultimately made for myself, for the process,” Love notes.

 

Since her graduation from college and relocation to New Mexico’s welcoming climate, she has been commissioned as a mural artist, worked as a gallery curator, and written arts features for Santa Fean magazine. Love's artworks have previously been featured in shows at Metallo Gallery, the Eggman and Walrus Gallery, and Sierra Arts Studio.