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Mixed Media Works Bring an Impressionist Hand to Rural Canadian Landscapes

“Communion No.1,” mixed media photography, acrylic, ink, and pastel on birch panel, 42 x 42,” all images courtesy of Stev’nn Hall

“Fever Dream No.1″ (2015), 48×40”

Blurring the line between the real and imagined, Stev’nn Hall paints and stains images he takes with his 35 mm camera, often landscapes of his rural Ontario hometown. Each mixed media work contains a collaboration of more than 40 images which are combined, blown up, and mounted on birch panel. With acrylic, ink, and pastel he further distorts each image in an impressionist style, imbuing the ponds, prairies, and rural streets with exaggerated colors one might see through a sun flare or tinted glass.

Hall is a graduate of Concordia University where he studied film, painting, and photography. Before dedicating himself full time to his mixed media works, he was an award-winning television producer and director of indie music videos. You can see more of the Canadian artist’s process and work on his Tumblr and Instagram. (via Arch Atlas)

“At Close Range No.1,” mixed media, 32 x 48″

“Century No.1,” mixed media photography, acrylic, ink, and pastel on birch panel, 42 x 42″

“Harvest No.5,” 32 x 48″

“Midnight Blue,” mixed media, 48 x 48″

“Serpentine No. 4,” mixed media with photography, acrylic, ink, and pastel on birch panel, 48 x 48″

“Serpentine No. 1,” mixed media with photography, acrylic, ink, and pastel on birch panel, 48 x 48″

Stev’nn Hall painting in his studio