Small JoysAbstracts
After creating several monochromatic series and works, Steffa Reis felt a strong desire to reintroduce vibrant coloration to her art, and with it, the need to express joyous moments, bursts of inspiration and renewed optimism in life.
As of 1990, she began to work on various sheets of paper she found by chance – pages from magazines, newspapers, journals and the like. Employing often oil pastel, but also soft pastels and more, she created mainly abstract works. In some, she built up dense surfaces that cover underlying images, while in others, she created airy, thinly painted compositions, leaving part of the support bare. Concurrently, she painted in a similar style in oil, on small-format canvases.
After creating several monochromatic series and works, Steffa Reis felt a strong desire to reintroduce vibrant coloration to her art, and with it, the need to express joyous moments, bursts of inspiration and renewed optimism in life.
As of 1990, she began to work on various sheets of paper she found by chance – pages from magazines, newspapers, journals and the like. Employing often oil pastel, but also soft pastels and more, she created mainly abstract works. In some, she built up dense surfaces that cover underlying images, while in others, she created airy, thinly painted compositions, leaving part of the support bare. Concurrently, she painted in a similar style in oil, on small-format canvases.
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Small Joys 32, 1990 -
Small Joys 79, 1993 -
Small Joys 43, 1990 -
Small Joys 44, 1990 -
Small Joys 51, 1993 -
Small Joys 35, 1995 -
Small Joys 21, 1990 -
Small Joys 25, 1995 -
Small Joys 71, 1995 -
Small Joys 37, 1990 -
Small Joys 49, 1990 -
Small Joys 11, 1994 -
Small Joys 13a, 1992 -
Small Joys 13b, 1992 -
Small Joys 53, 1990 -
Small Joys 54, 1990 -
Small Joys 51, 1990 -
Small Joys 60, 1993 -
Small Joys 24, 1993 -
Small Joys 30, 1990 -
Small Joys 41, 1990 -
Small Joys 31, 1990 -
Small Joys 42, 1990 -
Small Joys 34, 1990 -
Small Joys 38, 1990 -
Small Joys 39, 1990 -
Small Joys 40, 1990 -
Small Joys 82, 1990 -
Small Joys 83, 1990
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