Stephen Coyle
Introspection, 2023
alkyd on panel
36 x 36 in.
My life is my art.
My intention with the beach imagery is not to simply create a painting, but to replicate life itself on a scale both small and large. By creating compositions within compositions, the eye is led from sweeping panoramas to the intimate conversations heard along the shoreline.
The intent is to capture the most essential and primal qualities of humans in relation to our earth. I want you to not only feel the moment depicted in the painting, but also the moment before and the moment after. Your mind’s eye should lead you beyond the borders of the frame, until you see all of humanity running, crawling, sitting and walking upon this spinning orb.
I know the beach painting is done when I can hear it.
The focus of the still life paintings is the stuff of my everyday life. Perceived through my personal experience and translated onto canvas or panel.
"I know the beach painting is done when I can hear it."
STEPHEN COYLE
1956
Born in Waltham, MA
EDUCATION
1976
Grahm Junior College, Boston, MA
1981
Otis Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, CA
1978–81
Apprenticed with Anton Sabas, Los Angeles, CA
1978
Mission Renaissance, Los Angeles, CA
1982
Further Studies with Gayla Tarmu, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Where the Land Ends, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Postcards from a Painter, Quidley & Company, Naples, FL
2018
Stephen Coyle, Quidley & Company, Naples, FL
2017–2018
Recent Paintings, St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery, Rutherford, CA
2016
Recent Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015
Recent Paintings - Daphne Confar / Stephen Coyle, The William Scott Gallery, Provincetown, MA (two-person).
2014
Recent Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013
New Paintings, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2012
Recent Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
New Paintings, Chase Gallery, Boston MA
2010
Stephen Coyle, William Scott Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2009
New Paintings, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
Stephen Coyle, William Scott Gallery, Provincetown, MA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Summer Show, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Seattle Art Fair, Lumen Field Event Center, Seattle, WA
artMRKT San Francisco, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2020
Summer Breeze, Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach, CA
2019
SURF’S UP: Group Exhibition of New Works, Quidley & Co., Nantucket, MA
2018
“This Land Is…” International Landscape Invitational, Arcadia Contemporary, Pasadena, CA
2015
EXPO Chicago, Festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
artMRKT San Francisco, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Reality Show - Outstanding Masters of Realism, Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, FL
2014
Art Miami, Art Miami Pavilion, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL
Stephen Coyle, Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, FL
William Scott Gallery, Provincetown, MA
EXPO Chicago, Festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
artMRKT San Francisco, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
Perez, Jailene. "Seashore Art with South County Vibes." SO Rhode Island. August 7, 2020.
Staff Writer. “Art & Life with Stephen Coyle.” Boston Voyager. April 30, 2018.
Staff Writer. “Water and Sand.” American Art Collector. March 2018.
Lee, Liz."Painting from Instinct." Providence Monthly. November 20, 2014.
Nob Hill Gazette. July 2014: cover image (illustration only).
Zevitas, Steven. Must See Painting Shows. The Huffington Post. April 2013.
Foritano, James. “Thayer Street a Destination or an Attitude? Maybe Both.” Artscope Magazine, 2010.
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alkyd on panel
36 x 48 in.
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Sun Filled Days, 2023
alkyd on panel
36 x 36 in.
Stephen Coyle
The Conversation 2023
alkyd on panel
36 x 48 in.
