STEVEN NEDERVEEN | BETWEEN WORLDS

Steven Nederveen’s artwork has long been grounded in his meditation practice and influenced by the calming effect of immersion in his favorite places. He creates compositions of oceanic coastlines, panoramic landscapes, and old growth forests using heightened colors and high-contrast golden light. Highlighting the grandeur of the natural world, Nederveen's artwork is achieved through a process that combines photography, printing, painting and erasure; the resulting pieces allow us to imagine a space between reality and dream.

Nederveen received a Bachelor of Design from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, and studied at Medicine Hat College, Medicine Hat, AB. He has shown his work across North America, as well as at art fairs around Europe. His work is part of collections including Armani Canada, Richmond, BC; and the Al-Fayed Family Collection, London, UK.

This collection of work brings the viewer into a soft expanse where the universe becomes a kind and gentle extension of ourselves. Surrender to the timeless power of the ocean while being transported to an ephemeral dreaminess through glowing fields of saturated color.My work is heavily influenced by meditation practices, serving as a guide for internal reflection and harmony with the external world. This body of work brings us into a liminal space between the vastness of our ocean and the timeless power of the sublime. A dreamlike world, connecting nature and the ethereal realm. Between Worlds brings out a world of colors and warm glows to give us a more personal and compassionate version of the universe, one that is in union with us.I intentionally draw from the Abstract Expressionists in this work to use similar signifiers like Mark Rothko’s framing of color blocks and Barnett Newman’s ‘zip’ lines. Both artists were interested in the transcendent experience as well.

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