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Stephen Chesley
Born in 1952 in New York, Chesley grew up in Virginia Beach. He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University and received his Master’s degree from the School of Architecture at Clemson University. Stephen Chesley is a modern tonalist painter yet credits diverse artists such as Inness, Hopper, Pollock, Rembrandt, & Seurat as influences in his work. His paintings often depict the fleeting light of dawn & dusk, combined with primordial elements such as water, wind, and fire. His work is in the collections of BellSouth, Carolina First Bank, Columbia Museum of Art, Erskine College, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, National Bank of South Carolina, Savannah College of Art & Design, State of South Carolina Art Collection, and others.

Sold works:

After the Rain, Slight Wind

Back Island

Cat Island

Catch

Crows

Field, Sky

Field, Sky

Island, Slight Wind

Lagoon, Tide

Marsh, Pines

Nightrange (Midnight)

Oarsman, Sky

Pale Blue

Passing Rain, Tree

Pears, Trees, Sky

Pines, Tide

River

River, Sky

River, Twilight

River, Twilight

River, Twilight

River, Twilight

Stream, Field

Tree, Sky

Trees, Sky

Trees, Sky

Twilight

Twilight, Island

Twilight, Pasture

Twilight, Slight Wind

Twilight, Stream

Wind