Steve Harris
Steve Harris paints everyday and discarded objects with such attention that they stop being background. A master of understated realism, he builds his still lifes around light, shadow and space, and the paintings have been described as “meditations in light”: quiet, contemplative and strangely moving.
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Born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1953, Steve Harris is self-taught. He moved to Australia with his family in 1991 and lives and works at Jervis Bay on the NSW South Coast.
Exhibitions, awards and collections
Harris has exhibited since 1981, with solo shows at Robin Gibson Gallery in Sydney, Ferner Galleries in Auckland and Wellington, and Bealey Gallery in Christchurch, and a retrospective at Shoalhaven Regional Art Gallery in 2006. His awards include the 1977 Benson & Hedges Art Award and 1984 Montana Art Award in New Zealand, and the ACTA Maritime Award and P&O Maritime Award in Australia in 1993. His work is held by Deutsche Bank Sydney, BHP Melbourne and the Robert McDougall Art Gallery in Christchurch, and in private collections internationally.
Steve Harris at SOHO
Currently available: The Flutter, a large acrylic on canvas at 121×152cm, built around the low, raking light between day and night. Stretched and ready to hang, it makes a striking focal point in a contemporary interior.
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