CoastalArtist's Profile

Bio

WELCOME ....... You have not just entered my Etsy shop, you have entered into the depths of my spirit, my feelings and experiences visualized on canvas and paper .....Enjoy the experience.

My mother had said more than once that "I was born with a paint brush in one hand and a pencil in the other". (Not sure she ever forgave me for that LOL) I began drawing as soon as I could stand and reach the wall with my crayons, those that I didn't eat first. After learning what NO meant and what a 'SWITCH' was (that was way back when you could spank a disobedient child) I began using paper. To this day paper and pencil are my favorite mediums. Pencil sketches can capture the moment or scene with just a few strokes or a thousand neatly laid out lines. Along the way I discovered oil paints and canvas.

There was no doubt in my heart or spirit that I would be an artist someday ..... I'm still working towards that goal sixty-three years later. My mother wanted me to be a doctor, my father wanted me to be an engineer, my brother just wanted me to be gone. My grandfather wanted me to be a preacher, my grandmother, a full blood Cherokee, wanted me to follow my spirit.

To this day ..... I walk after my spirit. Even after 60 years of painting and drawing the world around me, I start each new painting with all the excitement and expectation as if it were my first. An avid outdoorsman, I live with my wife Joyce (behind every man stands an even greater woman) on the sun-filled Gulfcoast of Alabama. Together we explore the bays , bayous, and shoreline for a never-ending supply of new sources for paintings.

Although receiving formal art training and with years of experience, I believe, " With each painting an artist becomes a 'self-taught' artist, learning something different with each painting rather it be the application of colors and hues or the different composition styles a particular scene or animal offers. Each painting is an adventure into the world not only of art but the spirit of the subject, be it a wolf in Montanna or a Green Heron on the shores of Week's Bay."

Here in my Etsy shop .... I share with you my art but I also share with you my spirit. Don't just look at the art .... spend the time with it and feel it.
Let it touch you, let our spirits touch.
Thank You
Van Stewart Bevil
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Male, Born on October 25

Favorite Materials

Oil Paints, Canvas, Canvasboard, Wood, Gourds, Beads, pencil, paper