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On the creative cutting edge, Stephen
Koury's works have earned him national acclaim as "The Painter Of Little
Jewels". Fresh vibrantly detailed renderings of nature that seem
to jump right off of the painting. Driven by passion and dedicated
for the animals and their habitat. Stephen feels that he must see
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know how they move, interact, what they sound like, how they smell, and
where they live, I get jazzed
by being there with them and thrive on the intimacy of knowing the subject."
This has led Stephen to Africa, Central and South America, and all over
North America and helps provide the fuel for the creative fires that burn
so strongly within him.
Stephen
was born in Holbrook, Arizona. He loved the pencil and sketched from
an early age. He began painting, using oils at his father's insistence,
a former art
instructor and an artist in his own right in Arizona. His father kept
him supplied with brushes, canvasses, and paints, throughout his college
years. When not playing sports or roaming the woods, Stephen's
favorite pastime was painting. He graduated with a B.S. and a M.S. Degree
from the University of Wyoming where he combined two loves in his life,
playing and coaching baseball and the mountains of Wyoming.
Stephen spent eight years as a college baseball coach, first at Wyoming
then at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida. During this
time Stephen continued to paint and develop and refine his technique,
switching from oils to Gouache, his paintings began to draw notice.
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draw acclaim nationally and internationally with collectors such as
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, pro-golfer Andy Bean, and actor Clint Eastwood.
His paintings and biographies have shown in US
Art, Wildlife Art, InformArt, and Sporting Classics Magazines, as well as
Ducks Unlimited and Florida and South Carolina Wildlife Magazines.
He has led African Photo safaris for the Southeastern Wildlife Expo,
judged the state of Florida Audubon contest, named Florida's Ducks
Unlimited Artist of the year three times, national print artist for Quail
Unlimited, and was juried into the prestigious Society of Animal Artists
1999. |
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authored his first book, the very successful "Painting Natures Little
Creatures" in 2002. This has led to teaching
workshops, the most recent of which at the New York Botanical
Gardens.
Stephen has been called one of the great naturalists of his time
by writer Jim Barger. US Art named him as an international rising
star, "His works are pushing the boundaries of wildlife
art." The Southeastern Wildlife Expo says "Stephen is on a
rocket ship to the top of the wildlife art world." He and his
works can be found in the book, "Wildlife Art: 60 Contemporary
Masters and Their Work", published out of New York. One of the
great lovers of nature, a self taught naturalist, Stephen says, "This
is what I am, and what I am supposed to do, to capture and share the
beauty of nature as it really is through my art, while also helping
increase our awareness of the critters and the environments we share, what
a wonderful thing to have to do!"
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| Exhibitions: Rainforest
Exhibition, Air Gallery, London: 2002-2005-Sam
Noble Oklahoma Museum Of Natural History-Norman,OK, West Valley Art Museum- Surprise, AZ,
Louisiana Arts and Science Center-Baton Rouge, LA, Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum-Oradell, NJ,
2001 Washington Pavilion Of Arts And Science-Sioux Falls, SD, Academy Art Museum-Easton,
MD, Burpee Museum Of Natural History-Rockford, IL, Corpus Christi Museum Of Science &
History, Corpus Christi, TX, University Of Nebraska State Museeum, Lincoln, NE,
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 2001; Southeastern Wildlife Art Expo
1994-2002, Charleston, S.C.; Gallery One, Mentor Ohio 2000; Florida Wildlife Art Expo
1994-2002, Lakeland, FL; Things With Wings 2000, Germanton Gallery, NC; Pacific Rim
Wildlife Expositon 1997-99, Seattle, WA; Waterfowl Festival 1998-02, Easton, MD;
Plantation Wildlife Art Festival, Thomasville, GA |
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Society of Animal Artists, National Featured Artist For 2002 Plantation Wildlife Arts,
Millennium Featured Artist Florida Wildlife Expo 2000; Master Artist Southeastern
National Wildlife Exp Collector Safaris, Africa '98; Wildlife Art Cover/1998 Art
Collector's Edition; Audubon Society Judge 1998 |
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| Awards:
1st Place Englewood Art Show, Polk Museum of
Art Poster Artist 2005, Best Of Show and 1st place Castle Rock, CO
2000 ,2003, Best of Painting, Mill Avenue Art Festival, Tempe, AZ 2002, South Miami Art
Poster 2000, Arts for the Parks, National Top 100 Tour Competition 97/98; Florida State
Turkey Stamp Winner97/98; Florida Ducks Unlimited Sponsor Print Artist 1996, US Forestry
Service National Poster Artist 1996, Quail Unlimited National Poster Artist 1996, People's
Choice Award Southern Wildlife Festival 95/96; Florida Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year,
1991 & 1992, |
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| Bibliography;
Books-"Wildlife Art: 60 Contemporary Masters & Their Work" "Painting Natures Little Creatures" by Stephen
Koury,
"Industry "Windermere Hosts Kory" West Orange Times
2003, "It's A Small World" Lakeland Ledger June 2002,
"Painting Little Creatures" Informart Magazine Fall 2002,
"Art In the Ace" South Carolina Wildlife Magazine, Oct 2002,
"Featured Artist Stephen Koury" Offical Program Plantation
Wildlfie Arts Festival , Nov 2002, "Wild Days" Tallahassee
Democrat, Nov 2002, "What's Hot" US Art Magazine, 2001
"Industry Notables" US Art Magazine, Feb 99, "Out of Africa", The
Ledger, Nov. 29,1998; "Creativity", Wildlife Art Magazine, Nov./Dec 98,
"Koury is 'Painter of Little Jewels'", The Star Democrat, MD.mNov. 13, 1998,
"Koury Brings Wildlife To Life On Canvas", Tribune News Arizona, May 27, 1998,
"Rising Stars", US Art June 1997. |
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