Steve Morvell

 

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Picture of Steve MorvellSteve Morvell is a highly acclaimed environmental artist, dedicated to raising public awareness of the beauty and fragility of Australia's wildlife, and the habitats in which they co-exist with Australians.  Steve's art has won many major awards and been selected for exhibition throughout Australia, the USA, France and England and hangs in private and public collections around the world.

Steve's art has been featured widely through television and radio, including an ABC television "Wildscreen" documentary.  He has also featured in several books including "Feather and Brush", "Fifty Australian Artists", "Who's Who of Australian Visual Artists", in many magazines and on Australian Postage Stamps.  His was the first ever wildlife art to be featured in "Australian Artist" magazine where he appeared as the cover artist.

The powerful sculptural feel, which permeates all of Steve's work, led to a commission to create a bronze memorial sculpture which honours the Australian Husky's contribution to Antarctic exploration.  Steve's life-sized Husky sculpture is mounted on a gneiss boulder brought specially from Mawson Base, Antarctica, and displayed at Australian Antarctic Division headquarters in Tasmania.

Working in a wide range of mediums and methods of portrayal, Steve carefully selects the most appropriate and dynamic approach for each subject; encompassing pastel, charcoal, pen and wash, brushed ink and watercolour as well as ceramic and found object sculpture.  In the field of wildlife art Steve has a reputation as a bold innovator and creative thinker.  His understanding of the physicality of objects in space, weight displacement and 3-dimensionality together with their interaction with the elements is second to none.  For example the way he will bend the flight feathers of a bird in relation to the wind resistance adds up to give the viewer a clear sense of "being there".

His deep need to understand animals on their own terms compels Steve to spend long periods studying them in nature, in their own habitats.  He undertakes many trips to wild places in his efforts to gain insight into their lives and to bring the resulting experience to life through his art.  His recognition of the spirit of the bush and its creatures leaves a lasting impression on those who experience it.

Steve regularly exhibits with a number of galleries and a large collection of his work is permanently housed at Horsham Regional Gallery.  He has worked fulltime as a wildlife artist since completing University studies in 1982.  Since then he has won 20 National Awards for his art.
 

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Select at: www.animalart.com.au