stephen st. francis decky

new and recent paintings and collectible work - query for availability + location. animation and multimedia work can be seen via this link

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Ophelia of Sable Island, 70x50 acrylic on canvas (2016)

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Switch Heads with a Stranger!  Why Not??  You’ll LOVE it!, (2016), 30x44 acrylic on canvas

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Exil et le Royaume (II of III), acrylic on gessobord, 2014.  

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Exil et le Royaume (III) (2014), from the #summershow 2015 at #wbfinearts in Northampton, MA.

This is the 3rd in a series of images depicting a group of friends forced to abandon their homeland; In this image, they’ve arrived at an entirely new place and - by feels alone - have decided to settle and expand.  It was painted on archival watercolor board late-summer 2014 and framed in the fall.

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Superfluity!, 8x10 acrylic on gessobord, late 2014.

work-in-progress from late last year.  the finished piece is currently at william baczek fine arts, northampton ma.

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The Majesty of Subtle Ascents, 40x40 acrylic on canvas, (2013). 

Kip and Vanilla Chip clowning on Hermann Hesse’s bloated epic “Magister Ludi, or The Glass-Bead Game”.  In the painting, Kip and V.C. are testing each other’s intelligence by playing their own version of Hesse’s game, using an assortment of beads, clouds, and flying deer.

(private collection)

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flying deer, felt + string, from a 2014-2015 collection of 40, in varying colors and sizes.  sewn entirely by hand + without patterns.  some are available via:

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Phynnodderee, 8x10 acrylic on gessobord, 2014

Currently on view at William Baczek Fine Arts

I’ve only been painting this character for a couple of years, but I’m starting to see her personality slowly mesh with some of the more positive characteristics of Phynnodderee, the legendary creature from Manx folklore.  What I’m saying I guess is she’s not the Phynnodderee itself, she's just a big fan, and has subsequently adapted many of its traits.  Plus, yeah: the name.

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Babywater, 16x20 acrylic on canvas (2012)

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The Possibility of an Island in the Stream, 6x12 acrylic on textured board (2014).A short blog about this painting can be found at: 

http://possibilityofanislandinthestream.tumblr.com

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A Shepherd, 20x16 acrylic on archival watercolor board, 2014.  Available via William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton MA

http://www.wbfinearts.com/index.php?id=2496