ABOUT:Stephanie Britt’s interest in abstract art began while studying painting, color and design with Ringling College of Art and Design Professor Bruce Gregory, a student of famed French cubist Fernand Leger. This introduction opened the door to further interest and study of other influential artists and movements of the time including Bracque, Mondrian, Cezanne, Cubism and Futurism.Although different stylistically, later studies with contemporary figurative artist Zhaoming Wu and noted portrait artist Daniel Greene further influenced Stephanie's work.ARTIST’S STATEMENT:The use of contrast is the most valuable discipline in my painting. The search for contrast of every sort, whether value, texture, pattern or color is what drives my painting and even extends to the relationships between elements within the picture plane; positive/negative, analogous/complementary and energetic/serene. Establishing a sense of movement within a painting is another primary consideration. As a book illustrator, I was a sequential artist for a number of years. As I moved exclusively into fine art painting, I continued to employ the concept of sequential art in painting as I drew upon my early inspiration with the analytic phase of cubism and futurism. I identified with the way certain early twentieth artists responded to their environment, a world of constant motion enhanced by innovation. I strive to comprehend and to translate my own world of movement and change, to “synthesize the impressions of the world” as the Salon Cubists did, and in doing so, create in my work a sense of tension and aesthetic balance.