From Italy’s Amalfi Coast to Augusta National golf course in Georgia, and from Mallory Square to the Mediterranean, Steven Quartly’s paintings demonstrate the power and passion of a place. Whether it’s a familiar front porch or the patchwork pastels of Positano, Italy, Quartly takes us there — Italy, Spain, Hawaii, the French Riviera and, yes, Key West.
Although a resident of Southern California, Quartly regularly visits the Southernmost City, where his work is available at Key West Gallery, 601 Duval St.
He’ll be in town from April 17-21, offering live painting demonstrations in the gallery and unveiling his latest limited edition triptych called “Evening Escape.”
“Steven is a young-man version of Monet; he paints like an old master with a new vibrancy,” Arthur Barron, president of Paramount Pictures, said of Quartly. “With his masterful use of a palette knife and brush, each stroke creates a symphony of color and dramatic perspective.”
Quartly is married with four children — and manages to sneak in an early-morning surf set before heading to the studio.More information is at keywestgallery.com.
