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Stephen Early

Teaches at Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art

Stephen Early is a classically trained figure and portrait painter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stephen was featured as one of the “12 Artists to Watch in 2012″, in the December/January issues of American Artist magazine. He was also a featured artist in the Spring 2011 issue of American Painter Video Magazine. His painting “I Wanna Be Adored”, was a 2012 Portrait Society of America’s finalist and received an “Honorable Mention” in the International 2010-2011 ARC Salon as well as the Salmagundi Club 34th Annual Exhibition. Steve has also earned many awards of Excellence from the Portrait Society of America’s Portrait Competitions and was accepted into the Figure Now/Exhibition 2011 at Fontebonne University Fine Arts Gallery, St. Louis. Stephen was commissioned to participate in the project entitled “Star Wars: Visions” by George Lucas. He was honorably accepted as one of four artists chosen by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for Face to Face: The Craniofacial Program Portrait Project where he was commissioned to produce two portraits. Early has exhibited his work nationally at the Principle gallery, S.R. Brennen Fine Art, Egeli gallery, Dacia Gallery NY, Freeman’s Auction house, Adam Cave Fine Art, Scottsdale Salon of Fine Art, The Gratz Gallery and Conservation Studio, Forbes Magazine Gallery in New York City, and the Union League of Philadelphia, among others. His work is also included many private collections. Stephen has been a principal instructor of the core program at Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia, since it’s inception in 2004. He has served as principal instructor in the’ Intensive and Advanced Painting Workshops at Studio Incamminati; Armory Arts Center Workshops in West Palm Beach, FL; the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Workshop, and the New York Academy of Fine Arts Workshop. American Artist magazine’s invited him to teach during the “Weekend with the Masters Intensive: New York City.” and San Diego, California. The artist has also established a workshop practice across the country, giving classes in figure painting and form painting at Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier in the San Francisco, The Torpedo Factory Art League in Alexandria, VA, the Queens Gallery in Charlotte, NC, and at Artspace in Raleigh, NC, among others.

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