Stephanie Brody Lederman

"I want to show the poetry inherent in ordinary life. I wish to memorialize simple times when we are most present; for example- when we are mesmerized by the beauty of a blooming tree, or a small patch of high loopy grass, growing out of a marshy landscape

 I use simple images; vases of flowers, trees in bloom, birds, the night  sky,  and I edit and hone them to reveal graphic and psychological content.

 Words are very much a part of my art making arsenal.  I distill them, often finding  double entendres that are both aural and visual. Using words in a surrealist, nonlinear way.  Beckett, Pinter, Duras and Albee are my heroes.  And….”new wave” cinema sets the table, so to speak, for my work – Rohmer, Truffaut, Fellini inspire me.  (As an aside,  I long ago lived near the Thalia movie theater in NYC and was a more than frequent patron!) 

 As for the surface of my work, I am interested in the peeling walls of ancient cities.  These rich graphic textures,  beautifully depict for me, the passage of time. 

 But most importantly, I never want to lose ‘the mark of the hand,’ in my work - that very special awkwardness that celebrates our common humanity." - Stephanie Brody Lederman

Poetry (By Heart)
Oil, acrylic, and granite on canvas
40 x 60 in
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$8,000
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The Poetry of the Day
Oil, acrylic on canvas
20 x 20 in
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$3,000
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Those Moody Nights
Oil, acrylic on canvas
20 x 20 in
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$3,000
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Window, Primrose Hill London
Oil, acrylic on canvas
36 x 36 in
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$6,800
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Your Exciting Difference
Oil, acrylic on cnavas
40 x 40 in
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$8,000
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