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Stephen J. Krasemann
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Stephen J. Krasemann
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Here then Gone
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Recent Events
Small Works, April 2007
An invitational show of original work, all on a small scale. Come to our opening reception Saturday, April 21st from 1 to 3 pm.
Preview the show and come to the gallery to see more!
Preview the show and come to the gallery to see more!
Small Works, April 2006
An Invitational mixed media show featuring twenty-six artists on a small scale. Come to our opening reception Saturday the 15th of April 2006, from 1pm to 3pm.
Bill Barstow - Byron Birdsall - Carol Crump Bryner - Susan Pennewell Ellis
Linda Brady Farr - Katy Gilmore - KN Goodrich - Sandra Harrington
Teri Jo Hedman - Jakki Kouffman - Steven Krasemann - Susan Lindsey
Kim Marcucci - Anna Morgenthaler - Deborah Porter - Linnea Ratcliff
Alexandra Sonneborn - Michele Suchland - Scott Switzer - Amanda Thompson
Michele Usibelli - Pat Wardlaw - Rod Weagant - Marianne Wieland
Elizabeth Woolam - Evon Zerbetz
Bill Barstow - Byron Birdsall - Carol Crump Bryner - Susan Pennewell Ellis
Linda Brady Farr - Katy Gilmore - KN Goodrich - Sandra Harrington
Teri Jo Hedman - Jakki Kouffman - Steven Krasemann - Susan Lindsey
Kim Marcucci - Anna Morgenthaler - Deborah Porter - Linnea Ratcliff
Alexandra Sonneborn - Michele Suchland - Scott Switzer - Amanda Thompson
Michele Usibelli - Pat Wardlaw - Rod Weagant - Marianne Wieland
Elizabeth Woolam - Evon Zerbetz
Biography
Coming from a long history of "hanging out" with wildlife, Stephen J. Krasemann shares his experiences with us through his artistic expression
With thirty years of field experience recording nature, there's an infinite amount of memories waiting to be recalled and painted. Painting wildlife and the landscape allows Stephen to get out among the wildlife he loves - the moose, the bears, the sheep. It has been said, "Stephen prefers the company of animals to those of humans."
Stephen's internal compass has always gravitated to the north. For a number of years Stephen lived in Alaska. Strange as it may sound, he found Alaska becoming too crowded and he moved next door to the Yukon.
Many people know Stephen as a photographer. Indeed, photography has taken Stephen around the world through various natural history magazine assignments and book projects. In between the many miles of traveling with a camera, Stephen would pick up a paintbrush or sketch pad to record his impressions. Rather than exposing light to a piece of film, he would attempt to portray light onto a medium other than film.
Nowadays, photography no longer fulfills Stephen's creative interests. Instead, his camera gets used to photograph a moose's hoof, a fallen tree, or a rock formation - artist reference photographs. When you're walking on ancien† game trails trying to find a caribou or a moose, or even a red squirrel, you can smell their smell and hear their sounds, and it lends a clearer artistic perspective than does looking at a static photograph. The camera is merely another painting tool. When it comes right down to it, there's only the paint, the brushes, the board, and the skill of the artist.
All across the Northland, Stephen spends his time looking for special places and interesting wildlife encounters for his next painting. This latest collection of his paintings, which can be seen in his September 5, 2003 show, is a visual record from recent journeys.
Coming from a long history of "hanging out" with wildlife, Stephen J. Krasemann shares his experiences with us through his artistic expression
With thirty years of field experience recording nature, there's an infinite amount of memories waiting to be recalled and painted. Painting wildlife and the landscape allows Stephen to get out among the wildlife he loves - the moose, the bears, the sheep. It has been said, "Stephen prefers the company of animals to those of humans."
Stephen's internal compass has always gravitated to the north. For a number of years Stephen lived in Alaska. Strange as it may sound, he found Alaska becoming too crowded and he moved next door to the Yukon.
Many people know Stephen as a photographer. Indeed, photography has taken Stephen around the world through various natural history magazine assignments and book projects. In between the many miles of traveling with a camera, Stephen would pick up a paintbrush or sketch pad to record his impressions. Rather than exposing light to a piece of film, he would attempt to portray light onto a medium other than film.
Nowadays, photography no longer fulfills Stephen's creative interests. Instead, his camera gets used to photograph a moose's hoof, a fallen tree, or a rock formation - artist reference photographs. When you're walking on ancien† game trails trying to find a caribou or a moose, or even a red squirrel, you can smell their smell and hear their sounds, and it lends a clearer artistic perspective than does looking at a static photograph. The camera is merely another painting tool. When it comes right down to it, there's only the paint, the brushes, the board, and the skill of the artist.
All across the Northland, Stephen spends his time looking for special places and interesting wildlife encounters for his next painting. This latest collection of his paintings, which can be seen in his September 5, 2003 show, is a visual record from recent journeys.
Personal Statement
I grew up in the north woods. In high school, I fantasized about heading down some northern mountain valley to become a mountain man living off the land. I never became a mountain man. Instead, I naïvely decided to become a wildlife photographer. After hunting with a rifle, I discovered, with my camera, I could hike into the woods and shoot the same animals over and over; that was so much more satisfying.
During the decade of the 1980’s, I traveled worldwide doing fourteen photographic assignments for the National Geographic Society. I’ve been to the African plains, the equatorial rainforest of Costa Rica, the outback of Australia and completely across North America—from eastern Canada’s arctic, throughout Alaska and south into most of the United States.
My early photography took various directions. It began with two years of 16mm short nature films for Sesame Street. From there, I moved into still photography, ultimately touring with the Rolling Stones rock group as publicity photographer and also doing fashion photography for Vogue and Cosmopolitan.
A variety of natural history assignments from Time-Life as well as Audubon and National Wildlife magazines enabled me to pursue my love of wilderness and large mammals. I’ve worked as publicity photographer for the Disney movie, Never Cry Wolf, spent over two years following mountain lions for German GEO magazine and recorded the continuing demise of African wildlife for Newsweek.
My photographs have appeared in myriad advertisements for liquors, fashion products, environmental companies and been published in all major natural history publications worldwide. In addition, I have received both the Picture of the Year and the Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards four times.
My latest projects consist of five books. The first book, titled Diary of an Arctic Year, was written and photographed by me, and was released by Lorraine Greey Books of Toronto, Canada in September 1991; it covered my travels from Greenland across Canada and Alaska out toward Russia. My second book, Preserving Eden: The Nature Conservancy, was published by Abrams of New York in May, 1992, and is my photographic coverage of The Nature Conservancy conservation organization’s natural preserves.
My third book: True North: Diary of a North Country Year—is a companion volume to "Arctic Year" and covers the Northern Forest of North America. This book was published in October, 1992 by NorthWord Press of Minocqua, Wisconsin.
My latest book, Way of the Whitetail was also published by NorthWord Press in autumn 1994. This book celebrates the whitetail deer in all seasons across North America.
I have just finished my fifth book about African wildlife and doing both phtotography and text. This book is scheduled for publication in 1998. All these books are large format, "coffee table" books.
Also, for the past nine years, individual calendars of my photography have been published annually by Pomegranate and NorthWord Press on North Woods Wildlife, North American Wildlife, Red Fox Country, True North: Images from the Northern Forest and Whitetail Country.
During the winter of 1996 – 1997, I embarked on another phase of creativity with the onset of both pencil sketching and oil painting. It is my intention to give priority to my drawing and oil painting along with mixing less intense personal photography projects.
I grew up in the north woods. In high school, I fantasized about heading down some northern mountain valley to become a mountain man living off the land. I never became a mountain man. Instead, I naïvely decided to become a wildlife photographer. After hunting with a rifle, I discovered, with my camera, I could hike into the woods and shoot the same animals over and over; that was so much more satisfying.
During the decade of the 1980’s, I traveled worldwide doing fourteen photographic assignments for the National Geographic Society. I’ve been to the African plains, the equatorial rainforest of Costa Rica, the outback of Australia and completely across North America—from eastern Canada’s arctic, throughout Alaska and south into most of the United States.
My early photography took various directions. It began with two years of 16mm short nature films for Sesame Street. From there, I moved into still photography, ultimately touring with the Rolling Stones rock group as publicity photographer and also doing fashion photography for Vogue and Cosmopolitan.
A variety of natural history assignments from Time-Life as well as Audubon and National Wildlife magazines enabled me to pursue my love of wilderness and large mammals. I’ve worked as publicity photographer for the Disney movie, Never Cry Wolf, spent over two years following mountain lions for German GEO magazine and recorded the continuing demise of African wildlife for Newsweek.
My photographs have appeared in myriad advertisements for liquors, fashion products, environmental companies and been published in all major natural history publications worldwide. In addition, I have received both the Picture of the Year and the Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards four times.
My latest projects consist of five books. The first book, titled Diary of an Arctic Year, was written and photographed by me, and was released by Lorraine Greey Books of Toronto, Canada in September 1991; it covered my travels from Greenland across Canada and Alaska out toward Russia. My second book, Preserving Eden: The Nature Conservancy, was published by Abrams of New York in May, 1992, and is my photographic coverage of The Nature Conservancy conservation organization’s natural preserves.
My third book: True North: Diary of a North Country Year—is a companion volume to "Arctic Year" and covers the Northern Forest of North America. This book was published in October, 1992 by NorthWord Press of Minocqua, Wisconsin.
My latest book, Way of the Whitetail was also published by NorthWord Press in autumn 1994. This book celebrates the whitetail deer in all seasons across North America.
I have just finished my fifth book about African wildlife and doing both phtotography and text. This book is scheduled for publication in 1998. All these books are large format, "coffee table" books.
Also, for the past nine years, individual calendars of my photography have been published annually by Pomegranate and NorthWord Press on North Woods Wildlife, North American Wildlife, Red Fox Country, True North: Images from the Northern Forest and Whitetail Country.
During the winter of 1996 – 1997, I embarked on another phase of creativity with the onset of both pencil sketching and oil painting. It is my intention to give priority to my drawing and oil painting along with mixing less intense personal photography projects.