Painting titled "Biophia" by Emily Stedman, Original Artwork, Watercolor

Biophia (2021) Painting by Emily Stedman

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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Painting, Watercolor on Paper

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One of a kind (OOAK / Original Artwork)

One-of-a-kind works of art are also known as “OOAK” artworks. This means that every work of art is unique and there will never be another identical one.
Dimensions Height 40in, Width 26in
Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
Framing This artwork is not framed
Categories Paintings under $5,000 Outsider Art Flower

Biophia is a made-up name for flowers which, although they may not exist in reality, behave and sway like plants. I am interested in plants' structure and the way watercolor echos the organic quality of flowers. The paint flows and blooms on the paper's surface the same way a flower would in this large watercolor painting. [...]

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Watercolor

Watercolor is a painting in which gum arabic binds transparent pigments revealing the support of the painting. The gouache, of identical composition, is opaque. A watercolor is a water-based painting on paper. We rarely speak of a painting for a work painted in watercolor. Watercolor paintings are considered to be a unique way to creatively represent dreams, illusions, emotions and luminous feelings using water soluble pigments. However, painting with watercolors can be difficult. It's a difficult medium to master, in large part because it can be ruthless and unpredictable. Mistakes are difficult to correct and its fluid nature makes it difficult to control. Yet it is these very qualities that give the medium its undeniable charm.

Outsider Art

Invented by Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) in 1945, the idea is to create works with primitive graphics that take no academic reference into account. He will also advise to "draw like a child" and encourage self-taught artists.

Technic Painting

Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.

Emily Stedman

United States

Studio: YOHO Artists, Yonkers, NY Born in New York City, Emily Stedman’s family moved to France when she was in first grade. She has lived in a number of places since, including Swarthmore PA, Tenafly,[...]