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| Born in November 1967, Stephen Dabrowski, showed an early interest and understanding of art.
As a young man he developed a keen sense of drawing, photography and poetry getting published by the age of 17 and selling some of his photography. His family traveled extensively as the result of being at part of the U.S. military. This exposed Stephen to many environments and cultures. At 19 years old, Stephen attended the European Branch of the University of Maryland and made the dean’s list for the first two years, he then went on to study art and various techniques on his own . Stephen traveled through-out Europe; going to all of the museums and exhibits he could to study the masters and new modern works. He sold his oil paintings to finance his exploits of Europe. After the collapse of the Berlin wall and the ruining economy Stephen returned to America in 1993. In his 26th year, he joined the army to get out and travel more. In the service Stephen studied communications. The experience he garnered added something he didn’t expect; “More confidence and focus on my art”, Stephen said. He was assigned to a base in Korea and then Arizona where he was exposed to Asian and American Indian architecture, poetry, paintings and culture which gave him some insight into his own self. Stephen had an emotion emerge that left him feeling “disconnected” from his inner self at times and from those around him. His paintings became the interpretation of his disconnection. In 2006 Stephen Dabrowski took up the art medium called “glass fusion”. He worked with this new passion the same way he approached his paintings; Object and space are equally important. Hide color and shape as if to make the piece constantly evolving. No two persons would see the same thing in the piece. Use color, shadow and lines to give expression and get the viewer to think. Stephen now resides in Ranburne, Alabama where he is a full time artist. Interpretation of Stephen Dabrowski’s paintings Bricks: a constant in all the paintings. Each brick symbolizes a person or event in our lives which shapes us into who we are or have become. Walls: form from the bricks for good and bad. They protect oneself but also confine us in our beliefs and views of the world. Towers and Buildings: also made up of bricks we build them for comfort, and to look over to view what is beyond ourselves and to see who is coming close. Bridges, ladders, tunnels, stairways: connect our inner self. Some go to dark places,others lift us to higher ground.Both are important , as shadows can hide us and light shows who and where we are. Stone faces: are the people, for good or bad, who have made a permanent mark on us. They are the ones who have helped in making or tearing down our walls. Rope and Chain: are what binds us,catches us,and restrains us. Clocks: are another constant fixture. They symbolize the interweaving of time and space. It is what threads everything together from a single thought or moment to the building and decay of our walls. Time also abstracts what is new to some and old to others. Miscellaneous symbols : such as a wheel or machine parts are all tools in building who we are and create the left-over discarded pieces. |
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Total number of images: 20
- Into The Blue
- Description: Oil/Canvas 24"x48" "Disconnect Series" The Building of ones self and how we accomplish the structures within us. The people who help for good or bad in defining where we put our strengths to overcome weakness, what we consider knowledge, and the spaces we lose ourselves in the process.
- Wall Street
- Description: Oil/Canvas 31"x39" Escape Series The ones climbing the ladder to success to the puppet masters who control the success.
- Ship Wreck
- Description: Oil/Canvas 24"x36" x 11/2" Deep (Painted on all sides) The feeling of being lost,marooned, broken ,shattered...etc. Having to scratch and claw your way back out of situations.
- Into the City
- Description: Oil/Canvas 10"x12" 1.5"Deep Disconnect Series On our journey thru life we must leave things and people we love to move on to our next chapter.
- Deteriorated City
- Description: Oil/Canvas 23.75"x39.25" Escape Series The human condition put in front of the pristine skyline which usually hides and over shadows the true stories of people.
- Crack In Time
- Description: Oil/Canvas 28"x36" Escape Series Where the time we waste goes, slips thru our fingers and before we know it there are more days behind us then are ahead.
- Escape I
- Description: Oil/Canvas 40"x40" Escape Series First painting of the "Escape Series" series ca.1989 Sorry....NFS
- Independence
- Description: Oil/Canvas 12"x12" 1.5"Deep Disconnect Series To take your own way in your own time.
- Chained Discretions
- Description: 24"x30" 3/4"D Oil/Canvas: Black and White Series of the "Disconnect".This painting pertains to what is locked inside us and the reasons we keep it so; Could be the job we have to our own family not accepting of us. There is a lock, and a key that goes to the lock in this painting....as it is in all of us.
- Above the Waters of Lucidity
- Description: 24"×30" 3/4"D 0il/canvas in Black and White. The places we go within ourselves to find calm and peace; to hide from the worlds of others that cause harm and drama in our world.
- Separation Anxiety
- Description: “Separation Anxiety” Oil/Canvas 20"x16" When someone or something is lost as in the love, friendship, parental guidance,etc. we fill the crack/tear/hole with many things. Stairs to get to the proper places to fill in the proper areas; doors so we can open and close ourselves up again. On the outside the world doesnt seem the same, the sun seems wicked,ground uneven, and the ruins are there to remind us.
- Artist With No Name
- Description: Oil/Canvas 20"x24" "Escape Series"
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| 1 |  | Ship Wrecked | Oil Paintings | 24" X 36" 1.5" Deep (Painted on all sides) Oil/Canvas The feeling of being lost, marooned, broken shattered... etc. Having to scratch and claw your way back out of situations. | $1 830.00 |
| 2 |  | Homestead | Oil Paintings | 22" X 29" Oil/Canvas - Black and White "Disconnect Series" A place in all of us we hold secretly to ourselves since we were children; and still run to even as adults. | $1 400.00 |
| 3 |  | Against The Wind | Oil Paintings | 20" X 24" Oil/Canvas - "Escape Series" This was the final painting done in this series. | $860.00 |
| 4 |  | Artist With No Name | Oil Paintings | 20" X 24" Oil/Canvas "Escape Series" | $780.00 |
| 5 |  | Into the Blue | Oil Paintings | 24" X 48" Oil/Canvas "Disconnect Series" The building of one's self and how we accomplish the structures within us. The people who help, for good or bad, in defining where we put our strengths in order to overcome weakness, what we consider ... | $2 800.00 |
| 6 |  | Above the Waters of Lucidity | Oil Paintings | 24" X 30" 3/4"D Oil/Canvas in Black and White The places we go within ourselves to find calm and peace to hide from the worlds of others that cause harm and drama in our world. | $1 725.00 |
| 7 |  | Chained Discretions | Oil Paintings | 24" X 30" 3/4"D Oil/Canvas: Black and White Series of the "Disconnect" This painting pertains to what is locked inside us and the reasons we keep it so; Could be anything frrom the job we have to our own family not accepting us. There is a lock, ... | $1 955.00 |
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