JEFFERSON CITY, MO (May 12th, 2016)-Fine artist Steven Wilson is the featured artist for the 2016 "Go Green" art exhibit held at the Capital Arts Gallery in Jefferson City. The exhibit runs from May 16th to June 12th. The artist reception will be held on May 22 from 1pm to 4pm. The show is to inform people during Mental Health Month that those that suffer from a mental illness are not alone. The exhibit will also include artists who focus on the environment as well.
Steven Wilson has been in over twenty exhibitions throughout Missouri. He works in stucco, panzer mesh, oil, watercolor, gouache, wire lath, and uses many kinds of sand. His works are influenced by surrealism, fauvism, and expressionism. His favorite artist is Bob Thompson. Wilson is also a published poet using many kinds of narrative and surrealist wordplay to express himself and his work. Some of his paintings were inspired by a poem and some poems were inspired by his paintings. His favorite writers are Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, and H.P. Lovecraft. Wilson lives with schizophrenia, PTSD, and Anxiety disorder.
Wilson can be found on the internet at:
www.stevenwilsonart.weebly.com
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/5-steven-wilson.html
https://twitter.com/StuccoArt
https://www.facebook.com/StevenWilsonArt/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
The Capital Arts Gallery is locatd at 1203 Missouri Blvd in Jefferson City. You can contact them at 573-635-8355 or artsadmin@capitalarts.org.
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