Brian Stephens is a perfect example of an artist who paints directly from his emotions and instincts. Stephens prepares his canvases by attaching random bits of cloth and canvas to the surface, creating abstract patterns that he overlays with frenetic, layered, broad strokes by brush and palette knife. Simple images of animals, his children and those he loves take on iconic stature in his large paintings. Stephens has exhibited in Germany, France, Denmark and across the U.S. Education M.F.A., City College of New York, New York, New York 2004 B.F.A., Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Lyme, Connecticut 1998 Commissions Mural for Schoeller plastic company, Langerwehe, Germany, 1999, 30x80 ft. Mural for Aldo Company, Langerwehe, Germany, 2000, 28x120 ft. Reviews, Articles Amy Berry The New London Day, December 1, 2012 George Gerard, Art-Scope February, 2010 Audrey Smith, New York University, 2008 Tom Huhn, Chair – Art History Department, School of Visual Arts, 2006 Sharma Howard, The London Times, November 16, 2006 Beth Dufresne, The New London Day, October 27, 2006 Tom Huhn, Chair – Art History Department, Wesleyan University, 2004 Kathleen Edgecomb, The New London Day, New London, Sept. 25, 2003 Dan Person, The New London Day, New London, March 9, 2003 Dürener Zeitung, Düren, Germany, August 17, 2002 Steven Slosberg, The New London Day, New London, September 2, 2001 Dürener Zeitung, Düren, Germany, March 16, 2000 Dürener Nachrichten, Düren, Germany, March 16, 2000 Judy Birke, New Haven Register, New Haven, June 11, 2000 Waz, Waltrop, Germany, September 15, 2000 Dürener Nachrichten, Düren, Germany, November 19, 1999 Solo Exhibitions "missing title" Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2012 "mixed signals" collaboration Pola Esther, Hygienic Gallery, New London, 2012 "dance dance dance" Rice Polak Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 2012 "butterfly kisses" Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2011 "family fun" colaboration Pola Esther, Lighthouse Gallery, Groton, Connecticut, 2011 "all the dreams" Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York City (catalog), 2010 "map your dreams" Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2010 "glow motion" collaboration Pola Esther, Studio A, New London, Connecticut, 2010 "farm life" Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, 2009 "for my brothers and sisters" Axelle Fine Arts, San Francisco (catalog), 2008 "to thoughts we know" Axelle Fine Arts, New York City (catalog), 2008 "i won't go" Axelle Fine Arts, Boston (catalog), 2007 "time-space" collaboration Adrien Broom, Diane Birdsall Gallery, Connecticut, 2007 "life i know" Alva Gallery, New London, Connecticut, 2006 "romantic inclination" House of Culture, Duren, Germany (catalog), 2006 "desires of intellect" Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2006 "time to know what you want" Axelle Fine Arts, San Francisco, California (catalog), 2006 "the map of misbelieve" Galerie Lutz Rohs, Düren, Germany, 2006 "in my heart i know" Axelle Fine Arts, New York, New York (catalog), 2005 "hope and innocence within reach" Diana Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2005 "for us" Compton-Goethals Gallery, City College of New York, New York, 2004 Axelle Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, 2004 "intermix" Adlon Hotel, Berlin, Germany (catalog), 2004 Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, 2003 "new york" Gallerihuset, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2003 Golden Street Gallery, New London, Connecticut, 2003 "where we shine" Greene Art Gallery, Guilford, Connecticut (catalog), 2002 Danish Hydraulic Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002 Serges Medien, Köln, Germany, 2001 Galleri Anne Karrebaek, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2001 Haus des Gastes, Uhldingen, Germany, 2001 Dresdner Bank, Düren, Germany, 2000 Stadtsparkasse, Düren, Germany, 2000 St. Laurentius Stift, Waltrop, Germany, 2000 Group Exhibitions Slater Museum, Norwich, Connecticut, 2013 Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, 2012 Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2012 Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, 2011 Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2011 Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, 2010 Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2010 "le salon des petits formats" Axelle Fine Arts, New York City (catalog), 2009 Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, 2009 Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2009 Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, 2008 Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2008 Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, 2007 Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2007 Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, San Francisco, New Orleans, 2006 Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2006 Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, Boston, New Orleans, 2005 Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2005 "the bigger picture" Garvin Gallery, Essex, Connecticut, 2005 Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, New Orleans, 2004 Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, 2004 Axelle Fine Arts, New York City, New Orleans, 2003 Galerie de l'Europe, Paris, France, 2003 Principle Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, 2003 "julian" Hygienic Gallery, New London, Connecticut (catalog), 2003 National Art Club, New York, New York, 2003 Gallerihuset, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2002 Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, Connecticut, 2002 Wethersfield, Amenia, New York, 2002 Galerie de l'Europe, Paris, France, 2002 "all paintings great and small" Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2002 "three big boys" Stonington Vineyards Gallery, Connecticut, 2001 Gallerie de l'Europe, Paris, France, 2001 "all paintings great and small" Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 2001 Greene Art Gallery, Guilford, Connecticut, 2001 Core Gallery, New Paltz, New York, 2001 "france etats-unis" Galerie GNG, Bordeaux, France (catalog), 2001 Galerie Gladbach, Gladbach, Germany, 1999