The Art of Steven Lopez

OUR ARCHIVES : May 2008

My duty is done and they did it

Can I please jump back and kiss myself? My students came through and brought the love. The birds are flying. The people are rising. The past is no longer the future. The sun and moon are one…and the tree rises. We are told no trespassing…but we rise regardless of the everyday stress. In todays age…I’m [...]

Memorial day Mint session

I just got back from the Mint club. Indeed it was a nice night. The jazz session was fresh and the paint session was on point. I don’t know what else to say about the evening. Good music, good vibes and good people. The Groove pocket (Monday nights) always comes correct. I didn’t have time [...]

Steamers last night and something tonight at the mint.

Greetings people. Last night I was in Fullerton painting at the Steamers jazz cafe.My friend Kevin Kanner is doing a weekly show there on Sunday nights called the “Saturn sessions”. He invited me to come along for the jazz ride. When I showed up it was calm and cool. I brought a couple of colors in the warm spectrum… based [...]

skipped a beat but the pulse is still the same

So here is an between pic of what was done about 2 weeks ago. Good formation. The main idea is starting to manifest.And this is from last week. Look at the rendering starting to take shape. The ground has been painted over but there is going to be painting on top of that. Next week [...]

What’s been going on?

I’m sorry for not posting for the past 2 weeks. I’ve been in limbo moving from my old place to my new abode in Pasadena. I haven’t been able to paint because I have been moving and building my studio up until now. I’ve expanded my new studio into a dedicated room. For some of [...]

Cinco de Mint

Im posting this as if I did it on the 6th of May. I know it’s the 15th but we have to pretend that I’m always on time with this stuff. Just to remind you I’ve finally settled into my new place. There’s still some extra furniture but that can wait.The jazz session at the [...]

Coachella 08

It was the first weekend of  may wasn’t it? That’s what the time stamp on the pics tell me. I did some artwork for the people at Global Inheritance. I’ve been working with these people for the past 4 years and I’m sure glad to be a part of there mission. At Coachella, there are no [...]