stefan duncan

About me:

I'm just a guy that is an artist. I live a modest life. I paint to give the world light, hope, and love and just would like to find a little of that for myself. i have devoted my life through art to remind people of the Divine's Living Spirit and that regardless of the various doctrines of religions, there is a common ground. The act of violence, the taking of life is not of the Divine. God is of love and peace of joy and serenity. Until this moment, I was content to just having my paintings of the Living Spirit on people's walls...but there is a greater, raging war against individuals to live and love to believe in a religion that rings true to their heart. The right of freedom as a human is being crushed and blown to shreds by bombs and insanely violent acts of others. Somehow I will dig deeper into my art to touch the Sacred Fire, to show the world there is love and peace and life so precious and fragile. Life is a gift. Children starving and afflicted by disease without medical aide. Neighbors killing neighbors for power and rule. And after seeing the great heroics of those that cry for world peace and love, I feel I have done nothing yet. I pray for Divine inspiration that his hand will guide my brush, that wondrous visions will fill my brain and heart to recreate on canvas. Paintings of awe, paintings like the burning bush. With each painting I seek to throw against the black veiled night, piercing its tapestry, and letting rays of the Divine Light fall upon the Earth for others to see - there is Light. There is Love. There is Hope. There is more. And before we place structured religions and beliefs, can we not all agree, there is a Divine Living Spirit. Each life force is a spark of the Living Spirit. We have this in common. Respect one another's beliefs. Long as it harms none and is based on love and peace, there would be no violence. World Peace. Could there ever be a moment the world was free of battle I just wanted to say that I can never get enough friends. My life is now devoted to my art. I'm happy. Always doing shows are the Charlotte area and the Metrolina Expo each month in Building 3. Stop by and say hello. Having to start my life over, I don't have alot, but I am maintaining and rebuilding and am growing with achieving dreams everyday. Very passionate, good humor, positive outlook, outgoing. I'm am 100 percent artist, working very, very hard everyday. My mission in life is to produce as many paintings the best that I can to give this world. Van Gogh had taught me that through painting you can reveal the Divine. It is my hope to put as many of my paintings in peoples' homes as I can. I call my work Squiggleism - an impressionistic dash of a primary color that is unmixed of color. It is similar to pointillism. Each squiggle represents a unit of the Divine that exists in everything. We can't feel the earth because of the concrete. We can't see the stars because of the streetlights. We live in a zone removed from nature the very place I feel the Divine's presence the most. So, it is my mission to remind people of the Divine's presence and what better way than right on their living room wall right in the heart of where they live. I paint hours a day. I would die within 48 hours if I did not have a brush in my hand. I seek to make a difference in our age of art and create the most glorious paintings of light and color that I can. I live in Charlotte, N.C. I have a studio downtown at the Charlotte Art League. The rest is on my website at http://www.stefanduncangallery.com http://www.stefanduncangallery.com/index.htm