Introducing | Steven MacIver

We are delighted to welcome Steven MacIver to the Paragon Gallery. Steven’s debut collection features ten paintings inspired by the Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire landscape. In recent years, Steven became an avid runner and spends hours at a time on the trails and bridleways of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire. Routes are repeated, but never the same and as the seasons change, so does the light.

Steven’s work has always been influenced by his surroundings. Drawing and line are used in a reductive method as paint is removed from the surface to create the image. In this series of work the canvas is covered in gold, silver or copper leaf and semi-translucent layers of paint are added. Using various methods, this paint is then removed to create the subject matter, releasing the reflective properties of the surface underneath.

The resulting image is designed to move and change with light, as in nature. The surface is dynamic and constantly shifting as light is absorbed by the paint and reflected by the metal leaf. The viewer becomes an interactive part of the experience as they move around the painting.

“Foxburrow” Oil and Gold on Canvas