Stephanie LawStephanie Law's images
trace the boundary between dream and reality. She delves into the pictoral language
of allegory, explores mythology in new contexts, chases tiny worlds of wonder
from an insect's viewpoint, and highlights the beauty ofgrowth and decay found
in nature. She interweaves texture, watercolor, gold and silver leaf, ink, and
creates intricate layered pieces with resin and custom designed frames. In a
meld of organic patterns and familiar archetypes, her paintings pose a question
on the nature of perception and beauty, and it is against this backdrop that
the ephemeral guides and strange creatures dance and beckon the viewer to
follow through her various series.

Archetypes, the basis for the universal appeal of
mythological concepts, are one of the defining inspirations for her imagery.
This is mingled with the movement of dance. Stephanie has been a dancer for
almost two decades, and she uses that experience of how the human body moves
and emotes to create a bridge into her artwork so that not only do the humans
dance across the page, but the branches of her trees move with a sinuous grace,
and the arrangement of inanimate elements has a choreographed rhythm and flow.
Growing up in California, Stephanie has been surrounded by the wealth of
natural inspiration all around her. The twisting boughs of live oaks from the
hills near her home insinuate themselves into her paintings. The chaos of
Nature's wild growth, and conversely the beauty of decay, echo in the textures
and fractal patterns of her work.

Early on, her career moved through the illustration and
gaming world, but in recent decades she has focused more on her own body of
work, gallery shows, and publications. Stephanie currently resides in Oakland, California.

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