Fleur Stevenson
Fleur Stevenson is a New Zealand abstract artist, whose work is inspired by the patterns, textures and shapes found amongst the landscape.
Working with mixed media (acrylic and spray paint) predominantly on board, Fleur’s paintings explore the negative spaces between (permanent and temporary) objects and invite the viewer to discover and navigate through these seemingly empty spaces.
A recent workshop in Sofala (NSW Australia) has inspired her latest collection of work, that play with pattern and repetition, balancing and unbalancing geometric shapes, contrasting and complementary colours, and creating depth and perspective by layering spray painted stencils and acrylic paint.
Working intuitively with a sense of curiosity, Fleur enjoys playing with process to create each individual artwork she describes as ‘its own little world’. Sometimes working through the idea directly on the surface and other times researching and constructing a composition on paper, before moving to the surface.
Inspired by artists like Lee Krasner, Colin McMahon and Rachel Whiteread, Fleur’s work explores themes of interconnectedness and a sense of place, conveyed with her visual language.
Born in New Zealand, Fleur moved to Melbourne in 1998, where she completed Visual Arts studies at Swinburne Senior Secondary College in 2001.
In 2017, Fleur turned her practise into a career and paints out of her home studio in Sydney.
More recently her work “The Last Night” was a finalist in the 2021 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing, as judged by Lindy Lee.
Flora Group Exhibition Catalogue, September 2022.
Fleur Stevenson This Place exhibition catalogue, December 2020.
Fleur Stevenson, The Corner Store Gallery.