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Reflecting On Indian Beach by Steve Hanks Image Medium Method Edition Cert. Availability 20x30 inches Paper Giclee Signed 75 LE Cert. Good Availability 25% OFF Framing! Unframed 20x30 inches Paper Giclee Signed 15 AP Cert. Low Availability 25% OFF Framing! Unframed With Reflecting on Indian Beach Steve Hanks shows just why he is regarded as the best watercolor artist painting in America today. It is a definitive combination of beauty, emotion and environment. There is a big difference between the beaches of the Northern Pacific Coast and those down in Southern California, says Hanks. The surf rolls in over long shallow flats. The waves pound and boil for great distances, creating in the air thick moisture. This subtly diffuses the light creating an atmosphere palatably different than that on the beaches farther south. What began in his mind as a relatively straight-forward painting took Hanks over a month to create. He became absorbed in building the large reflective areas of the tidal flats. It seems as if we can reach in ourselves and run our fingers through the cool, moist sand at this serene and magical place where tree-lined mountains slip beneath the surface of the sea.

Bewitching by Steve Hanks Image Medium Method Edition Cert. Availability 12x7.5 inches Canvas Giclee Signed 150 LE Cert. Good Availability 25% OFF Framing! Unframed 12x7.5 inches Canvas Giclee Signed AP Cert. Low Availability 25% OFF Framing! Unframed While in downtown Santa Barbara, California, Steve Hanks happened upon a Halloween parade. It really just fell into my lap, he says. It's a great thing to paint. Children in costume have become a favorite subject of mine because they wear them with such comfort and pride. I love their innocent unselfconsciousness.

Places I Remember by Steve Hanks Image Medium Method Edition Cert. Availability 30x13 inches Paper Lithograph Signed 1,500 LE Cert. Good Availability 25% OFF Framing! Unframed 30x13 inches Paper Lithograph Signed 150 AP Cert. Good Availability 25% OFF Framing! Unframed What more compelling image than youthful dreams on a warm summer's day in a fairyland setting. We can only surmise what these two youngsters see reflected in the shimmering pool. The whole world lies before them in all its beauty, mystery and promise. Across the pool, at a distance in both space and time, stand intimations on their future. Gazing back toward the brother and sister are parents with their own small child, and an older couple who comprehend life's journey from a far different perspective. The artist, remembering this same boyhood experience, shares with us its deep universal meaning.

We Are Bound Together by Steve Hanks Image Medium Method Edition Cert. Availability 13x28.5 inches Paper Lithograph Signed 1,650 LE Cert. Good Availability 25% OFF Framing! Unframed 13x28.5 inches Paper Lithograph Signed 165 AP Cert. Good Availability 25% OFF Framing! Unframed What is this image all about. Seven young children hold a long cut-out paper doll. Their ankles and wrists are tied together with colored ribbons. We are reminded that, regardless of our individual differences, we are all bound together by a common humanity. Closer inspection reveals a crying boy on the far left. His wrist ribbon has dropped off and he is momentarily disconnected from his peers. Our imagination assures us the blond girl will soon come to his assistance, he will be reunited and everthing will be okay. This painting is Steve Hanks at his very best. It is both engaging and challenging. It is a sequel to two prints published in 1993, "All in a Row," and "All Gone Awry" which portray the same children when they were just babies. "Painting them again, six years later, has given me a chance to watch them grow," Steve Hanks comments.

Sheer Grace by Steve Hanks Image Medium Method Edition Cert. Availability 17x25.75 inches Paper Lithograph Signed 1,250 LE Cert. Good Availability 25% OFF Framing! Unframed What are the secret thoughts of this lovely young woman. The artist often wonders himself, as his watercolor paintings take shape under his masterful hand. "People sometimes ask me why I paint so many women," Steve Hanks remarks. "The answer is that they are not simply paintings of women, they are paintings of emotion. Men are taught to not show their feelings, to project a certain preconceived idea of masculinity. Women express a far more subtle range of intimacy and vulnerability."

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