Steven Rhude - Paintings/Drawings

Acadian Spring, 36" x 48", oil on canvas,sold "The estuarine environment is characterised by having a constantly changing mixture of salt and freshwater, and by being dominated by fine sedimentary material carried into the estuary from the sea and from the rivers, which accumulates to form mudflats... estuaries have been claimed to be amongst the most productive natural habitats in the world... [they] are transition zones between rivers and the sea..." Donald S. Mclusky, from the Estuarine Ecosystem This painting will be exhibited at the Harvest Gallery on June 13th, 2015 with the theme pertaining to Realism. Please contact Harvest Gallery, Wolfville - 902.542.7093 Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS

‘Looking at the Masters’       Acadia University Art Gallery Oil Painting Class with Steven Rhude June 2nd to July 21st (Tuesdays, 7- 9pm)                                                                 Buoys and Girl with Pearl Earing, o/c This eight week workshop examines Western Master works through the lens of psychology and techniques inherent in the tradition of representational painting. Using photographic sources, our purpose is to develop the ability to see, perceive, inscribe, and translate experience as it relates to  a master work of the student’s choice. By selecting a work to copy, the student will learn to build a stretcher frame from scratch, stretch and prime canvas, and engage in the time honoured exercise of copying a master work, thus enhancing their knowledge of the representational legacy. The workshop will be taught by Steven Rhude Note: Open to all skill levels. Materials not included. Participants will be provided with a materials list for the worksho

Ram Island Ledge Light, o/c, 36" x 60, private collection Study for Ram Island Ledge Light, graphite, 16" x 24", p/c Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS

Study of a Young Woman, conte, 20" x 15", Steven Rhude Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS

Study of a Gypsy, chalk, 18" x 24", Steven Rhude Steven Rhude, Wolfville, NS

Study of a Young Girl, conte, 24" x 18", Steven Rhude

Study of a Woman, graphite, 18" x 12", Steven Rhude

Rachael's Gift, o/c, 30" x 60", Steven Rhude, private collection Van Gogh proffered his severed ear to a prostitute called "Rachel" in a maison de tolerance (a semi legal bordello) on Christmas eve, Eighteen Eighty Eight. It was a gift Rachel was not likely to forget, nor was she amused. Sketchy records tell us she fainted after viewing the now historic offering. There is evidence Gauguin gave a report to the police  believing the artist must have cut his own ear off. He then paged Van Gogh's brother Theo and told him to "get here pronto". Gauguin, pursuing the primitive instinct with passion, then purchased a ticket for the fastest train out of Dodge. On July 3rd, 1895, he left France. Never to return, he opted for a Tahitian paradise only to encounter legal trouble and eventually Syphilis, a disease of which he eventually died from. Gauguin's Utopian Trap, o/c, 30" x 60", Steven Rhude Of course, Van Gogh's next