An Amalgam of Myth

IN A UNIVERSE OF VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE THINGS, OF DELIBERATE ACTS OF ART, INTERTWINED WITH SUBCONSCIOUS SPONTANEITY-INTUITION LEADS STEPHEN SCHULTZ TO A PLACE WHERE CHANCE IS ALWAYS PRESENT. ART, NOT AS A REFLECTION OR A WINDOW BUT RATHER A SEARCHLIGHT-ILLUMINATING FAR ENOUGH AHEAD TO PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER.

FROM HIS IMAGINATION TO THE PHYSICAL REALM OF THE CANVAS, HIS BRUSH IS USED AS A THREAD TO EXCAVATE THE UNEARTHED DEPTHS OF THE UNCONSCIOUS. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN REALITY AND A DREAM IS ABSORBED-EMERGING AS NEWFOUND POSSIBILITY.

ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE

229x305 cm (90x120 in) Acrylic on canvas 1992

AGAPE

229x305 cm (90x120 in) Acrylic on canvas 1992

COVER

229x305 cm (90x120 in) Acrylic on canvas 1992

EYE of the STORM

204x183 cm (80x72 in) Acrylic on canvas 1997

DRIFT

204x183 cm (80x72 in) Acrylic on canvas 1997

THROAT of the BEAST

153x127 cm (60x50 in) Acrylic on canvas 2000

FISH OUT OF WATER

66x51 cm (26x20 in) Acrylic on canvas 1990

AESOP’S FABLES

153x122 cm (60x48 in) Acrylic on canvas 1990

MIGRATION

204x183 cm (80x72 in) Acrylic on canvas 2005

WELL OF SOULS

199x193 cm (78x72 in) Acrylic on canvas 2005

UNIFIED FIELD DIORAMA.

234x285 cm (92x112 in) Acrylic on canvas 2015

ANGELS

204x183 cm (80x72 in) Acrylic on canvas 2005

WITNESS

122x122 cm (48x48 in) Acrylic on wood panel 2014

TWICE TOLD TALES

122x122 cm (48x48 in) Acrylic on wood panel 2010

SHAMBHALA

122x122 cm (48x48 in) Acrylic on wood panel 2010

COMMUNION

204x183 cm (80x72 in) Acrylic on canvas 2011

JOSHUA TREE

183x122 cm (72x48 in) Acrylic on canvas 2013