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Steve Metzger

Steve Metzger
www.stevemetzger.com
www.stevetown.net
steve@stevetown.net

Steve Metzger studied at Fullerton College and currently teaches fine arts at the same college from where he graduated in 1970. In the past he has also taught at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. Steve’s is a multi media artist - a talented song writer and musician as well as a painter and sculptor. While his still lifes and landscapes are done with exceptional detail they are not ‘quasi-photographic’ renditions. Steve uses a heightened color palette and shows an extraordinary especially ability to emphasis the effects of light reflecting on, or being absorbed by, different surfaces. During his career Steve has received commissions from corporations, city administrations and other institutions to create numerous large public sculptures. His paintings are to be found in many private and corporate collections.

Thoughts on Painting: Looking back on the history of art and all of the “isms”, I have read about artists who found themselves creating and then summing up their own personal styles.

Others found some cause or human condition that propelled them.
I spent a lot of years trying to catch up, to create something of my own, ultimately, realizing that I never could be Picasso or Jackson Pollock or anyone else but me.
I learned a lot thru the process of working in different ways and emulating artists I admired. I am a big fan of education. It helps to know when you’re copying and whether or not you're really being original - if that is really an issue.
In any case, I'd like to believe that my art comes from a real place and is honest.
When the writers are gone, and time passes, what remains, hopefully, is the work.
Perhaps someone someday will look at one of my paintings and, without knowing all of the issues of today, will simply enjoy the experience of seeing it.
In the meantime, I simply enjoy the process of creating it, the experience of seeing it, and the anticipation of the next painting.

"What you see is what you see." (Frank Stella)



 PUBLIC WORKS

2007 “Equinox” (travertine & corten steel) Brookhollow Business Pk, Santa Ana, CA.
2002 “Solstice II” CSUF, Fullerton, CA
2001 “Ganesh” Public Sculpture, Vesuki Corp. Brea, CA
1998 “Travertine Ridge” (marble, concrete, steel.) At 17th and Tustin, Santa Ana, CA.
1997 “Canyon” Art Institute of Southern Calif., Laguna Beach, Ca.
1986 “Solstice” Memorial Sculpture, CSUF, Fullerton, CA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
 
2010 Group Show at The Gallery, Birch St, Brea CA
2009 The Gallery 260 W. Birch St., Brea CA
2009 - 2007 Roark Art Supplies, 549 W. 23rd St.,  LA (Ongoing Exhibition)
2006  Some Crust Bakery, Claremont, CA
2005 Millard Sheets Gallery, LA Fairgrounds (winner: Best of Show)
2003-2004 Westend Gallery, Fullerton, CA
2001-2003 SK Gallery, Venice Beach, LA
1999 Breeden Gallery, Orange, “Images of Rural America”
1999 Roark Art Supplies, LA. Group show, Landscapes
1998 Breeden Gallery, Orange, “Abandoned” *** FIDM Group Show Long Beach Museum
1997 Wignal Museum (Landscapes) Long Beach Museum
1997 White Gallery, Claremont ***  Breeden Gallery, Orange, CA
1996 Breeden Gallery  ***  1994 Breeden Gallery  ***   1991 Arts Gallery, Fullerton, CA
1982-90 CSUF Graduate Exhibition Laguna School of Art

 

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* None of the artworks may be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Artist