Artist Stefan Duncan's Blog

Raven's Light

2011-12-29T06:03:00.000-08:00

For several months I have been working on a fantasy ep

ic called "Raven's Light". It is about never losing faith, of hanging on no matter how small the glimmer of hope my be. I finished the first part in screenplay form yesterday. It was around 138 pages. Working on the second episode. Either it will be a movie or animation...a trilogy or a series. The greatest pleasure of Raven's Light is participating in the journey of it with your characters. They become real. My editors and family talk about them as if they live down the street or family members. Music is the key. I am listening to the soundtrack of Skyrim for more the action parts and traveling. I discovered this group from Spain called Narsilion. OMG, they are etheral/ambient dreamlike fairytale of beauty and sadness. Their song "A Night In Fairyland" fits so perfect with the most dramatic scenes in Raven's Light/episode I. I cried three days listening to that and writing the scene.I had spent my whole life to be a novelist. In 1990 that dream was taken from me when I had a car accident and was in a coma for three weeks. I had periods of writing briefly, twice, and now it is upon me again. I am terrified it will go away. I hope it stays with me now...that after all these years a part of my brain has healed enough that I can continue to create new stories. I lost like 8 books and have draft remains of two. Sigh. So, I hope with Raven's Light, this will be my work that survives and becomes published. All that I ever said in the other books, I get to say now. I may have lost a big perfect of my vocabulary and knowledge of all the other works I have read...but now I write a more simple prose that goes to the point and is honest and true.

Between Mortal and Divine

2011-12-29T05:50:00.001-08:00

I know the difference between Mortal and Divine.....from what I see with my imagination...to what comes out on the canvas. Something so beautiful you could never wholly recreate. You can only do the best you can and hope it is enough of a glimmer of what you imagined to delight the viewer.

2011-11-25T15:31:00.001-08:00

Today worked on the new beginning for the "Raven's Light" project. Saturday will be at studio hoping for some christmas sales. Will be beginning on the next themed exhibit called "Ravens" of which some of these will be inspired from the "Raven's Light" project. Have a new manager, Aaron Longstreht and Brett. With all these Ravens projects seems like all I've been thinking about lately. I do feel this connection. The solo bird in black cawing, attracted to shining things - bringer of light to the world as in the native american mythology...accept I do this through my paintings.

Ravenism

2011-11-06T05:54:00.001-08:00

Today created the term "Ravenism" as an art style bascially the same as illuminism. Illuminism sounds more artsy, but has association with the illuminati, which is a direct controdiction to their name and what they do; Raven in mythology brings Light to the world. It is associated some with death...but I wear black alot like a Johnny Cash thing, to feel and relate to the blight of others and the darkness of the world... to take it in, to sympathize then churn out that darkness back into the form of Light...God's Light using the media of paintings and words and good deeds to inspire and bring hope to others.

Yandell Family Portrait

2011-11-01T02:19:00.001-07:00

Poses taken from photoshoot and put together for the painting of the Yandel Family Portrait.Wall Photos ..Like · · Share · 19 minutes ago near Charlotte....Stefan Duncan Yandel Family Portrait. Commissioned. Will be exhibited tonight only at 15 North."Yandel Family Tree" by stefan duncan | ArtWanted.com ArtWanted.com..Like · · Share · 24 minutes ago.Stefan Duncan wow...finished at 5 a.m. this morning...I've been up all night.12 minutes ago · Like.Stefan Duncan I'm exhausted. For weeks I have worked straight through. I feel like Mozart in the movie Amadeus after finishing an finished a symphonic movement and literally lifeless afterwards. It's like inspiration hits me like Lightning...and when the work is done, you're left like a piece of charred wood.5 minutes ago · Like.Stefan Duncan I can truly say, I've given my all to the best of my ability physically and spiritually. The better painting is when the artist does the best he can and expresses himself truly. I worked hard to be spiritually receptive to inspiration. Now, the show is tonight. I hope people will see and feel a hint of God's essence...His illumination in my work.

Illuminism

2011-10-25T12:07:00.000-07:00

Stefan Duncan
Today, I announce the beginning of a worldwide movement using art as the catalyst. Today is the creation of "Illuminison." It is an art movement focusing on the Divine's illumination through nature as a counter movement to the current state of gloom and hopeflessness from the current worldwide state of affairs in politics, religious wars, economic losses, and natural disasters. The world is in a state of darkness and it is time to reawakened the Light of the human spirit. May "Illuminism" remove the veil of darkness so people may see to inspire hope and a sense of peace there is a living Light of the Divine for all mankind and living creatures.

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Stefan Duncan Two years ago, I had like a voice that sounded in my head that it was no longer good enough to simply say my mission was to put a painting in a person's home right in the heart of where they live to be inspired and given hope through my painting. It was time to rise to a worldwide platform. Where darkness struck whether wearing the face of natural disasters or a terrorist attack, where darkness fell, I am to do a painting of that place and fill it back with Light. That we, as a people of the world, have had enough of reigining terror and darkness. No longer will be be forced to live in darkness...but to live with the Light within us and in all things that exist created by the Divine of Light. The pendulum has swung to its darkness point and now it's time to get it swinging the other way. With Illumimisn as my sword, I strike at the heart of Darkness.
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Stefan Duncan Last night Meredith Logan and Abby, of our little "Intentions Group" take turns to define our missions, our goals, our steps. And last night, it was decided it was time for me to move forward with "Illuminism." So, today is the official day. I will now paint as "Illuminism" as my style and hope that other artists, musicians, writers, poets, teachers, preachers, homeless, whoever to join this movement.
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Meredith Logan Here
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Meredith Logan Here's to ILLUMINISM !!!!!!!!
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Mrfirst Impression Wow. ..that's amazing
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Bobbi Roberson Like the pay it forward movement. We could all definately use illumination in our lives but I honesty believe it comes from within and no matter how bright the light if we are not willing to accept it and build upon it we are still in darkness!!! I pray many will get on that lighted wagon, let your light shine Stefan, if to have reached at least one your vision was not in vain!!!!!
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Sharon Craig Light gives of itself freely, filling all available space. It does not seek anything in return; it asks not whether you are friend or foe. It gives of itself and is not thereby diminished. ~Michael Strassfeld
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Bobbi Roberson Nice!!
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Christine Ballard Thomas ♥
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Stefan Duncan I have always thought the "Illuminati" was in direct contradiction of the meaning...this mythological group of men that preside over the world controling events that effect us all. It's time we reclaim that name as part of our "Illuminism" and use if for it's true meanting... the enlightening of others. The Light is within us all and in everything that exists...this Light....God. So as of this moment in history, with "Illuminism" we will become the true "Illuminati". THrough our actions, our songs, or poetry, our arts, or words....... we will illuminate the people of the world that the Light is within them and in all things.
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Bobbi Roberson Stefan if u ever get the opportunity go to the holy land..endless inspirations where all people have to hold onto is that "light". Makes the faith for what you do much stronger and certainly more determined!!!
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Christine A Smith oh my gosh - breathtaking
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Inspirations During a Commission

2011-06-17T07:12:00.000-07:00

On occassion and especially with someone new working with me, express concern when looking at the start of a commission that it does not appear it's going to be very pleasing or close to the concept given the client during the commission consultation. I started explaining about the painting and thought it may be of interest to those that are artists and those that appreciate my work.
I am putting in four hours a day in CAL with the painting now. I just feel if I can create what I envisioned fully developed, it will be a very beautiful painting and taking the poetic license change. In the process of creating, sometimes a sudden flash of envisioning becomes very exciting implemented upon an original concept that can make the work more glorious or miss it's mark, but sometimes you have to take that gamble as a true artist and right now I am willing to take that gamble...if it doesn't work, I'll go back to the original....but the new envisionings have been like added crescentos and magicial sparkles to an otherwise more sutle melody that stays in a flowing stream without the sharpes and flats.
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It's the magic of spontaneous inspirational combustion that can make the mundane glorious. This is where Divine inspiration intervenes. It strikes like lightning on a clear blue sky. It is the closest thing to the original moment that out of nothingness the Divine creates something into being...something fresh and new never before beheld by another. So when it comes you have to surrender to it. You have to open yourself up to it and you conduct it with your brush like a madly inspired Mozart. And those on the outside may view the intitial strokes and first strand of melody attributed to a mad man with no direction engulfed in the chaos of a titantic tempest of unstructured madness....are awed when the symphonic movement jells together into a creation of sublime beauty that spellbounds and thrills and ascends the soul as if just witnessing the first moment of creation of the universe.

2011-06-17T07:07:00.000-07:00

2011-05-04T10:06:00.000-07:00

Today, got up early. Rode the bike doing errands. Tonight I have class. After class several friends from Cheap Joes are going to meet me at the Charlotte Art League to build a 8 by 5 foot canvas.

Been a wonderful week thus far. I don't want to put a cap on my okay I made it to my good point...but to continue bypassing that level by 100 fold.

A Great Work of Art

2011-05-02T19:23:00.000-07:00

Like music, art is a langauge. It is emotion and energy created with passionate strokes so the painting communicates with the viewer. It brings a combination of self experience and what the artist seems to be expressing. It is a melody conducted by the artist and the viewer with their own instrument of experience joins in the melody.... It is a great work that a viewer can participate emotionally with a creation by an artist. It is a melody or symphonic movement the viewer joins with natural ease and joins in play and moves with the artist in unison like a flock of birds making a turn.

2011-05-01T21:31:00.001-07:00

What a day. Woke up at 6 a.m. and begin doing work on the internet. At 11 a.m. met Carol, personal assistant, at Charlotte Art League. We pulled out, took down, listed and numbered, photographed, restacked, over 100 paintings today. I get home at midnight. Suppose to send photos of the paintings in Grandfather's Dream because the resolution is not good enough. If my 12.3 pixel can't do it, then a professional will have to.
Dee finally returned home after she collapsed the other day. She had a stress related cogulated migrane that masked her sypthoms of a massive stroke.

2011-05-01T04:04:00.001-07:00

Sigh, just lost a whole page. One more time:

Yesterday was crazy...at the worse moment... standing in parkinglot by car answering phone...corner of door bangs against ankle. Just come from driving to several places looking for my wallet. Get a call from Drui that publsihers need me to reshoot about 25 paintings for the pictures in Grandfather's Dream. I don't have half of the paintings and the other half, some are at different locations...sigh....and yesterday, while finishing up a convention in Corncord, N.C., I get a message that Dee Aughtman, who I have relations, collapsed at work, unable to move or speak and is taken to ICU, thoughts are that she has had a massive stroke.

Earlier, my agent in California, Danielle Arnaud, calls all excited that someone has paid 1.5k directly into her Paypal account for a painting posted on her website. I love listening to Danielle because she has a France accent. Everytime she calls, I have to put her on speakerphone for everyone around me to hear her. I feel so like an artist when she calls. Well, she is so excited telling me this and when she tells me which painting, my heart just dies... I had recently already sold the painting. So, this was what was going on yesterday.

Fortunately, I found my wallet; Dee had a migraine attack that masked for a stroke; I had a similar painting in my personal collection we are sending photo to buyer hoping they will like this one in place of the one already sold.

Sunday afternoon: Going to studio to reshoot photos for Grandfather's Dream. Work on inventory.

Several weeks now I have been blessed to have Carol Duncan, who happens to share my same last name, has taken the role as my personal assistant. She already holds a fulltime job and somehow puts in as many hours a day into my art. She is working on inventory, newsletter, twitt, facebook, finding events for me to do, communicating with event cordinators, creating a calendar, keeping commissions straight, taking info for buyers and fans, working on the contact list, telling me each day what pasture to graze.

It has been an unbelievable two weeks. It has taken me six months to get my life back into motion again, recovering from a relationship that had nearly cost me everything and the economy hitting. Instead of losing faith, I pulled myself up by the shoestrings and had the confidence that God would see me through. I have been working night and day and having Carol stepping in, sales started up again. Received a huge commission and been making literally a sale a day that has lifted me from the worry zone. I feel so blessed to do what I love for a living.

I am more determined than ever to do my mission I feel God has asked me to do - to give the world more Light through my paintings. I feel that I am in a way a kind of missionary.

Last Friday I was asked to talk about my life and what led me to become the artist I am today. The response I received was heartfelt. Several paintings were sold. From the last several weeks I have been adding the meanings and symbolism of my paintings to them when I post them on the internet. Been getting alot of feedback that my words were as strong as my paintings and I should put the two together. And after my talk, Carol and others thought I should start doing more talks at events because they are inspirational and motivational.

My goal is to become successful with my work so that it is seen around the world and respected in the art world.

May each of my paintings be like a dart that pierces the sky above, letting a little of the Divine Light trickle down. And after my death, may all my paintings form into a constellation in the sky so that generations to come will continue to see God's Light.

I am working as hard or harder today than when I discovered what my mission was over 12 years ago. I live to paint and paint to live. 100 percent artist. Everyday since my near death has been a given extention of life. I want to feel that at the end of my life I have left a great work behind that will continue to live after I am gone, works that will have impact and influences on the viewers that inspires faith, serenity, and love. That after a viewer looks at one of my paintings, they can move their gaze outdoors and see the Divine's Living Spirit and Light in nature as I have.

2011-05-01T03:51:00.000-07:00

Sunday. I think I got five hours sleep...that's a record. Yesterday had a hour of not finding my wallet; worried over a purchase of a painting that had already been sold had a painting from personal collection of the same one so presenting to buyer to see if they would like this one in place of the other; Lois said publishers for Grandfather's Dream needed me to reshoot all of my paintings for a better resolution. Dee collasped at work. She was taken to ICU. She could not move or talk. I was told it appeared she had a massive stroke. Then later in the night started getting texts from her. Her mind seemed intact. And as time passed, she seemed to be getting better. MRI yesterday showed she had this magrine that masked as a stroke. BIG SIGH.

Carol Duncan, who started working with me several weeks ago, as assumed the title of "personal assistant." She thought that sounded more Hollywoodish :) . She puts in a day's work everyday into marketing and organizing this huge mountain of things to do.... creating a newsletter, updating contacts, finding events to sign up for, contact event cordinators, d

2011-04-30T07:31:00.000-07:00

From support of friends and manager, I am going to include in my exhibits talks about the Divine not only in the relationship of my art but also in our daily lifes. I have been often told that my words are as strong as the messages people get from my paintings. So I am going to start including both. I feel this is part of my mission. The talks are more motivational and life appreciation and the simple joys of experiencing the Divine through nature. To visualize the landscapes around us sacred lands and life that is filled with the Divine's Living Spirit.

Spiritual Mission Work and American Van Gogh

2011-04-30T06:04:00.000-07:00

After doing a talk at the Embassy in Concord, N.C., I decided to do more public talks while showing my paintings. I am also going to write regularly in the blogg. I hope that in years to come after my death that those who love my art and want to understand my mission and heart, they will have a chance here to do so.

2010-11-12T01:38:00.000-08:00

Aisha Nadra Does this one come with any back story? I’d be interested to hear it.
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Stefan Duncan The feelings of a child when the parents are fighting. Tree on the left, the male has pretty much made it's mind to leave. The mother, on the right, V shaped, is neutral because of hurt. The child sees the Light and has unconditional love...the branch is still connected to the Light and had not been broken from it my life's earthly disappointments.
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Stefan Duncan Thanks for asking, Aisha. I usually don't come out and say what it means especially at first just wanting to see the viewers' reactions and if they pick up what I was trying to express or how they relate to it based off their personal experiences.
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"Still A Change"

2010-11-10T06:05:00.000-08:00

2010-11-10T06:04:00.001-08:00

Woke up last night freezing, realizing I left the window open. Go to dentist today and teach class at Cheap Joes tonight. My next painting is inspired from the movie "What Dreams May Come." I have received several requests to do this one because of the beautiful tree.

2010-11-09T05:55:00.000-08:00

Lois Chazen Stefan-I love what looks like a ' Ray of Crystal' streaming to HER TREE. This painting depicts 'Little Tree' in Dru's book, 'Grandfathers Dream'. The Spirit of transformation between Mother Earth and Human Spirit- capturing the essence

"The Spirit of transformation between Mother Earth and Human Spirit." In a way I guess that is what I have been trying to do with my art, uniting human and nature spirit together, thining the veil between the two... transcendence of human spirit with Mother Earth Spirit. Like being strands of musical notes or melodies the other can not hear unless you really open yourself up and listen....and then you discover that everything has a musical phrase and it's all interweaved into this massive all encomposing universal symphonic movement.

Lois Chazen Now...that is music to my ears! Out of body Souls only need the encomposing symphonic movement and vibration throughout the dimensions and we are all connected- from the lower to the upper- we are all ONE and the sooner human Beings underst...and this and also understand that in being ONE with our Creator means that we are ONE with each - we would find the Heaven on Earth as those who pray- pray for!

2010-10-31T08:52:00.000-07:00

Oh, I will. I decided I am going to doing another series called "Ascension" because I do not think I created one painting for that exhibited series that expressed what I was trying to do. I'll do a painting of this in the series, then I am going to push myself past my limit what I want to create: beautiful figures ascending in exaltation into Heaven.

I want Ascension to be my most sacred series. I did not post one painting from the first "Ascension" series because there wasn't a single one that reached the height of what I wanted to express in it. But, with this new revision of "Ascension" I will. I imagine I will be starting on this around March after I return from an island I hope to spend a couple of weeks.

A truly successful painting to me is one that inspires "awe" from the viewer. I want paintings that demands the viewer's attention and gives them the impression that the painting was Divinely inspired. I wish I had the talent to create the beauty I visualize in my mind.

Van Gogh taught me you can see the Divine's Living Spirit in nature. Mozart taught me you can hear the angels sing if you quiet yourself. Now if I can put the two together in a painting...then that is a painting I would feel more worthy of my expression of God's glory.

2010-10-30T09:32:00.000-07:00

Today going to finish up Lois's painting and need to work very hard and long on new paintings that have the "awe" affect. No plans for tonight just staying home in my apartment. Met with Jack Grossman with my marketing person Debra Estrada. I have to do an American Heart Ball painting and a painting of Eagle's Nest mountain for Jack.

2010-10-21T05:57:00.000-07:00

Though alienated, so distant from others, roots uprooted upon a world that seems so cold and frozen, the crown is radiant and blazing at the height of its glory, filled with such great bounty to give....but is it like the tree that falls in... the woods and no one hears? Or a Van Gogh whose life and works remained undiscovered? Does having true love or acceptence in the world really matter at all compared to what our faith hopes to believe is the Glory of God? Should we grieve and fret and scorn a world or even God for our hurts, our broken hearts, our disappointments or fate we deemed is jinxed and daggered with attempted loves with others? Or, through the chaotic cacophony of life, if we deafen ourselves to it, can you hear the sweet choir of angels sing of unconditional love and acceptence to our everlasting souls, where a greater glory awaits us? Is this just a folly, a dream or belief to aspirn the agony our fragile heart's expereinces and endures? Are we glorious blooming trees whose peaks will fade into fallen leaves that will be forgotten, trodden by time and life itself, to be crumbled decaying brown colorless leaves upon the ground? And yet I paint onward, I paint the Glory of God through the blooming trees and Light. I paint because I have to because when I paint I am a musical note swept away in the symphonics of the angels transcended, never knowing if anything I have done will be remembered or will ever have any sustaining impact to the world after I have fallen like a tree amidst a forest unheard. I paint because I have to...it sates the yearning in my soul this need to express the Glory of God, the Faith, the Hope to the world.

Uprooted tree

2010-10-21T05:41:00.000-07:00

Adriene and Ascension Painting

2010-04-07T04:48:00.000-07:00

On a March 6, I was leaning against my motorcycle outside of Mac's on South Blvd., Charlotte, when out of the crowd, the most beautiful woman I have ever seen walked up. She was wearing jeans and a white tank top. "Can you give me a hug?" she asked. With that hug, my life has changed forever. I had a friend that was meeting me at the place and I had to leave this angel. I never knew if I would see her again. I went back the following day. When I walked inside Mac's, I saw her sitting. My heart raced. She turned and saw me. Her face lite up and that was when I was struck with this kind of awe...for at that moment I knew....I had finally found my Lake Waccamaw girl. Her eyes were green as emerals, green as the lake that I wished upon when I was 11 years old to find my lady of the lake. There is this inner beauty that radiants from those eyes...it's like a pure heart joy of an innocent girl. I fell in love with her that instant. Every moment with her is joy. She makes life magical. She's my Muse and Love of My Life. She is Adriene.

There were some very dramatic and challenging moments that came in the following weeks. There were several times I thought we would never be together. Those were very sad days for me. I could not wrap my mind around why she had appeared in my life - my Waccamaw Girl, that I had asked the Divine to bring into my life - to only be taken away right at the moment I was launching myself into the most spiritual exhibit I have yet to create.

I began my Ascension series and began a painting from one of her poses. I played the music from Staind. A tear followed every brush stroke. I did her body first then I was going to kind of fuse her into a tree as I do with my other tree people paintings....but I stopped and looked at what I had done and could not touch it again. It caught her sublime beauty. A friend came over and I asked them what they thought of the painting. She said it was a beautiful woman that is so deeply loved, but to touch her caused pain. And I thought, wow, that was how I was feeling while I did the painting. I had never done a painting of browns and purple before. There is that Light in the painting, almost a smear of light....that still showed from behind an approaching wall of black clouds. It was hope remaining. The name of the painting is "The Agony and the Estcasy."

And on a Friday night during a gallery crawl, I told my manager and PR/marketer I had to go. I rode my bike to Mac's. I sat on top of a long bench seat and I waited, sometimes glancing at that spot where we first met. I felt her presence. It was like smelling ozone in the air before an approaching storm. Or catching a whiff of Jasmine in the air, letting you know right around that corner was going to be a big bush of them. My phone rang. "You at Mac's? I'm coming."

Upcoming Exhibits

2009-10-02T12:34:00.000-07:00

Nov. "2009 Ole Town Gallery," Fayetteville, North Carolina
Dec. 2009 . Kentucky
Feb. 2010 planning in the works for L&B Gallery and Westwood Country Club in Alexandra, Va.

Summer of 2010: London.
Fall of 2010 Saudis Arabia

Going Underground

2009-10-02T12:30:00.000-07:00

As of midnight tonight, I will be going "underground" where Kristen will be the only communication I have with the outside world. I want to devote my full attention to "Ascension" and I will not ascend from the studio until I have some completed works and well on my way. I created a page on the website that explains ASCENSION.

"The idea of Ascension for my works is the exalted state of elation before entering the eternal spiritual realm of Heaven. After hardships overcome by perseverance and hope, it is the time between realization of faith confirmed and entering the Heaven dreamth a lifetime., " Stefan Duncan. (The paintings may be symbolic of any adversity overcome and the elation of victory.)

"May Divine inspiration enter my mind, heart, and brush as I begin the most sacred project I have ever done." Though the first exhibit may consist of 30 paintings, this project will be ongoing like a Walt Whitman poem. My dream is to create a painting that "awes" as if it was the burning bush." And long after I have departed, I hope these paintings will inspire hope and exaltation in the hearts of generations to come." Oct. 30, 2009

The concept of humans directly entering heaven without dying (called by various religions ascension , assumption, or translation) is a belief held by multiple religions and mythic traditions, including the three main Abrahamic religions – Judaism, Christianity, Islam. Since death is generally considered the normal end to an individual's life on earth, entering heaven without dying first is considered exceptional and usually a sign of God's special recognition of the individual's piety. (Wikipedia)

Ascension

2009-10-02T07:07:00.000-07:00

Alexandra Art Show "Luminous"

2009-10-02T07:00:00.000-07:00

We held the show at Liz and Bill's home and courtyard. Liz was the first person to buy a painting from me in 2001. She and her husband have a beautiful home and invite their art collector friends and associates connected to art galleries.

We got there on Friday night. We setup on Saturday morning in time for the 4 inch rain to come for the next 24 hours. We had six groups of people that were going to buy art not to show. We only sold one painting, but had alot of interest. Next morning, we contacted those close by that couldn't come to come and snatched a few neighbors in the area and the day after the show we sell eight paintings. We left two behind for two of our previous collectors that could not make the show. Faye, who we met at the first show six months ago, bought the portrait of her as a tree. Her husband is one of the managers for WestWood Country Club and we are preparing to submit proposals for a commission in the club and to also possibly do a show in Feburary.

This "Luminous" was the highest income of any of my shows. Thanks Bill and Liz!!! We will be doing another show in Feb. around the same weekend of the WestWood show... if all goes according to plan.

Events in last weeks.

2009-10-02T06:56:00.000-07:00

Went to Hilton Head with Roger to kayak. Meet a wonderful family that collects art and who helped a married couple that are art brokers. We are seeing if we can work something out with representing me in the auction houses and the local galleries in Hilton Head.

During the stay... while on water... "Roger yelled, do you want to go to shore?" And I thought he said, "Do you want to go to the store?" The shore was straight ahead. Going to the store met going back a mile to our launch point and getting out of the water. He went one way, I went the other.

Crane

2009-09-03T07:09:00.000-07:00

Crane allows me to get a rare close up. Usually when we paddle down rare visited spots, we are greeted with a startling cry from a crane roused from their peaceful undisturbed spot.

2009-09-03T07:07:00.000-07:00

2009-09-03T06:41:00.000-07:00

Wednesday, Roger and I found a new boat landing. Had to park the car beside the road and carry our boats in. We paddled into Dove Cove. The water was only several feet and we could see the bottom. There were carp the length of my elbow to my arm moving around in schools. There were several turtles. You can see plumes of dust rise from the bottom as fish were startled by our presence.

Once we moved into the main channel we headed up river against the wind and current. We traveled several miles and found a branch off of the water. The passage was narrow, the length of our boats and you could not turn in a circle but had to do like three point turns. Over hanging branches cast rays of light on the water that were refracted into more rays that illuminated the bottom in patches. Yellow and purple flowers, with the occassional red flower dotted the banks. You can see the schools of fish. The crickets are loud. We paddled north but stopped maybe a mile or so from the Latte Planation area. We headed back. The current seemed to have died with the wind. It started to get hoter, around 130 p.m.

The little off shoot branch we had traveled down was pretty amazing. You had the feeling few have ventured into this. Roger had his map and of course I brought the wrong one.

Roger is always on the go. He does more in one week of events than I do in a year. He is at least 100 times more better off financially than I, (I hope so.. which is a good thing if he is a financial advisor) ..... he has the bigger and newer cars, a wonderful home... So when I can get like a compass or a boat light added to my boat that he does not have... I am bursting with pride. It's a little joke..... and of course.... Roger sees what I have added... so then he gets it....so now I have to find something else new he doesn't have. :).

Aug. 27...Aug 25th New River, Va/Nc. SouthFork

2009-08-27T18:32:00.000-07:00

Had a meeting about doing a demo at Matthews, N.C. in several days. And a "live" event there this coming weekend I think?....

Mom had kind of a rough day with pain. Sees doctors on Monday.

Raven is wild as ever, leaping, dashing, chewing, yelping, charging.... signs of a happy-hyper pup. Today I got one of those laser lights and shine the dot on the floor and cry, "Squirrel!" and Raven darts toward it and chases it around the room. Cleaning lady was here today and I'm trying to keep everything the way she left it.. but kind of hard with huricane raven alias transmanian devil....

Today we went to Lake Norman, launching off at a T... park there. We paddled several miles, more like me paddling five times as much as Roger doing these easy graceful strokes. Stopped at the bar/restuarant there, then dashed for the home stretch. The landing was far from the parkinglot and we had to lug the boats a little ways. The water was very warm and still except for the waves by a passing boater. There is a tiny island out there with a couple of trees that I took a photo of and will do a painting.

Tuesday we launched off at Zoola's in Va. and took the New River South Fork. It was a 10 mile paddle. We ran into some 1's and 2's rocks and were literally pulled downstream most of the way. There were some incredible views of the mountains in the background... some trees on the bank and flowers. We passed an old house with broken windows and long johns hung to dry on the porch.

Charlotte Living Magazine Aug-Sept 2009

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A special thanks for the wonderful evening we had at Smooth's in Columbia, South Carolina. Dee Dee is preparing to cut a cake with a "Welcome Stefan Duncan". Fredrick, bravo on your new place. I feel alot of spirit is going to be raised in this place. The stage is going to be the launching point of great creativity from music, to art, to poetry, and whatever else you can come up with.

Kristen and I had a great time. I decided to bring out a large black canvas and begun a purple tree floating on clouds. First time I did a painting like that. Inspired by Layla.

Life Continues Onward

2009-08-22T13:17:00.000-07:00

Alot has happened since 2008. Live alone in an apartment in Charlotte. Haggis, my beloved companion, an 11 year old labador retriever, was put to sleep last week. Now, Raven, an seven week old female lab, has taken up Haggis's mantle.

I am painting daily. Kristen, my manager, is getting me steered on course.

Gia's Peace Day

2008-03-29T19:40:00.000-07:00

Went to Gia's Peace Gathering today. Small little gathering with several artists and some of her friends from two to four today. May have a potential buyer to meet with us next week. Been kind of stiffled this week for inspiration with the question about the house, my pc, then my camera breaking down, then yesterday with the car accident. Tomorrow I actually don't have anything planned. I will try to get started tonight, then do the Bruno painting soon. 52 by 52.

Mary's LoveBug bites the dust

2008-03-28T15:56:00.000-07:00

We got into the car. Mary is driving. We are going to the Charlotte Art League to pick up paintings, go back home, then go to Atlanta to the art gallery where we will have some people coming. All is good. We get to intersection of Ole Concord and N.Tryon. Light turns green. We pull into the intersection and a young girl going about 45 to 50 slams into the driver side bythe tire. Mary has hurt ribs and arm, her lower back hurts. I bumped my head, twisted my right arm and of course my left hip, and neck. I took some photos of the car. The young girl, while we were doing last talks with the police officers started putting her cell phone inches from my face and taking photos. Officer asked what she was doing, she said she wanted to show I had no bruises on my face so Iwould not sue her. ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....

Officer explained the insurance companies will be dealing with the accident and all and that we will probably never see each other again. Mary's beautiful car she loved so dearly looks to be totaled. We cancelled the Atlanta trip and probably lost a thousand dollars or more.

2008-03-25T09:02:00.000-07:00

Studying everything I can of Picasso trying to learn his magic and marketing. Abstract is interesting and will try to do some on occassion.

Trying to get the "Sacred Fire" in my paintings. Have done a few black and whites with red trees and seemed to be very popular. Meredith bought one of them. "What's Lost will be Found Again."

Sold a painting with a child's face over the tree. A woman said that was her departed child and got teary=eyed. I had wanted it to be that idea when I created it. Kristen said it was too sad and not to tell anyone, but when the lady said it, I told her and Kristen said she would never say anything about in that regard to paintings.

Also, now doing provanances? for the paintings and also doing little sketches like my dream of sitting at a restuarant and paying with a scribble from the pad I carry in my pocket. somehting that picasso did.

Dream - continue selling 5,000 paintings and them increase to 10,000 by Sept. and 50,000 by the beginning of next year and around 100,000 at the end of the year, after a few months from new york. We will make the 100,ooo the paintings I don't want to sell........... well..... maybe, hate to sell lady in red and blaze in the twilight.

Commission freeze

2008-03-25T08:35:00.000-07:00

March 25,2008

wow, where do I begin. A lady from metrolina asked if we would like to create a gallery in her live in work station on Walker Street in Atlanta. We did, getting there fourth friday of the month and set up two hours after getting there. Sold one painting with promise of other sells but had a nice turn out. It was a real hard drive back. Left like 1130 in the morning. Mary and I stopped at breaksfast at IHOP and got home around 530 a.m.

During the show, "Blaze of Twilight" was shown for the first time. I had her in the corner but strangely every person that entered or group went to that painting and spoke about the tree and the contrast and how it really stood out. We decided not to sell her and just keep her. In the three weeks since, I have two commissions on her. One of them is from Steinvern? they have bought several paintings from me. 14 coins for gambling, 25 years with yellow leaves for knowing each other.

Last week had two sisters walk into the studio at Charlotte Art League. One bought a 2,500 painting and the other commissioned me to do one for her.

March at Metrolina, a lady last name of Bruno said saw me on tv and wanted to commission me. her husband to be is the pit crew boss for a famous nascar racer. Anyway I am doing a 52 by 52 tuscony landscape with a "Charlotte Heart Ball" tree painting and some dates hidden for her special people. She is also having a fundraiser for leucimea...??? letting us set up paintings in her house. Need to have her commission done by then. will work on it this later, afternoon.

Still have to do the commissionered charlote Heart Ball painting for a couple that met me at the Metrolina for $5,000.00.

Did a beautiful "The Dancer" for a doctor, 24 by 48. I am going to do another so we can use it as our logo.

House............ Big beautiful house we are getting. was planning on putting thousands into the thing as I sold commissions and on the way home I asked Mary , what my mom kept asking me and some others, what if something happens to you mary, what would happen. She said her sister would get the house and I had to deal with her. My heart just sank. I could see me four years from now with 40,000 invested in the house and me paying half the mortage, something happens to Mary, I am kicked to the curve, her sister sells the house 150k more and gets it and I am with nothing and without a place to stay. (I am pretty sure I'll probably be the first to go, but it's just the thought of that, pride, etc. Never had anything of my own. At least would be nice to be given the option to buy the house at the same terms it was bought, giving her sister their money back and I take other....... mom would sell her house and with that move in... and if I sold the house would be so nice to give a little kickback to her sister on top of mary's money.

Anyway, we've not spoken for over a day. We'll resume back to talking but my enthusiasm of getting the house, having a gallery with it, putting in 10,000 in the first three months for walls and floor repairs......ohhhhhhhhhhh.... :( .

Okay........last month, a man saw my work at the metrolina, I had bought some sotheby's books from him. He asked if I knew the artist Dimitris Chiparus. I didn't. Saw the "Starfish" had to buy it - a copy of it - and now I am doing more lady forms in the trees, much more detailed and shapely than so loosely with Lady in Red.

Kristen is back from her trip to Florida with her family. Bought her husband a little bass statue. Tomorrow have first class at Cheap Joes then going to charlotte art league for a commission consulation from a lady that had seen my paintings at black lion in Mooresville.

xxxxx
Yesterday an artist from charlotte art league came in and said she , Terry Tirrion, had gone to the New York Art Expo and said I had to go. She said have consistent style and good presentation was the key and said alot of gallery owners were going to this event and that I show get a very large booth like 5,000 and do my thing. Shelbybob? artist across from me said get a fire repelant on my banner or they would keep me out of the show. So, looks like we are going to New York, just have to visualize the $10,000 in unexpected sells to come in next month that will cover all of that so we can get in and get a spot soon as registration is available.

Monday morning.ohhhhhhhhh

2008-01-28T06:45:00.000-08:00

Returned Saturday from Fayetteville. I had several new students. It was a fun class and wonderful having children that listen and sit and follow instructions. Had diner with Mom. We went to a bookstore and I got an audio book on the Pre-world of Lord of the Rings. Been listening to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time. On book two. Only 9 more to go. Listen to it while I drive. Wonder how many years it will take me?

Finshed Bill's "The Path." Matthew to pick up Sotheby painting. We finally got approved the Masion Bleue House Wine painting. Working on third 24 by 48 tall painting with black and white background and black tree. I've done two of those so far.

Thought Sunday was Monday until I was heading out the door. It's Monday now, going to Cheap Joes and buying three packs of canvases and some black paint and several brushes. Afterwards, going to Charlotte Art League to my studio and paint rest of the day and teach class there tonight.<

2008-01-15T05:45:00.000-08:00

Duncan's Squiggles
Friday, February 23, 2007

Thursday/Friday
Four a.m. in the morning. Earlier we went to Pressimi's. Bret isn't doing national franchise until he establishes four resturants in Charlotte and see that they are doing well. He has a really nice family. We met his brother and sister and wife. He said that we should get together and have a couple of bottles of wine and brain storm actions to take to advance my art.A lady had gone to his website and then mine. She was happy to meet me and wants to buy a small painting from me. An employee wants to have a dog portrait made. The dog is named Angel and is a wolf.Dione had come by today and helped Mary with her email. Dione is trying to get me two different teaching jobs. One of them is in Kannapolis, N.C. in their recreation department and another is in Concord Mills Co-op. More details on that coming soon.Got up with James Spillson. He wants me to send him photos of what I am doing now. He said he is going to send me 1,000.00 for future paintings.Carolina York wants two paintings for her gallery in Florida. Also, I am suppose to go to Kudzu gallery in Ponce de Leon to check it out and to turn in a resume for possible solo show.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Just left from Michaels. Teresa was there; Julia/Dan/Baby. Joey was picked up by me. I did a Mudan painting again with a brillant white sunrise with a blue/red/yellow sky. Going to do water and trees there.Spoke to Stallings. All is good. He mentioned sending me 1,000 in cash for future paintings to do. He just got back from Chicago. His cell phone number is 734-306-3061. He wants me to email him some photos of my new paintings.Joey and I ate at Chick Filet, then went to Micheals. Julia is working on her first sky with a sunset. Teresa did a green black background for a rose she is going to paint.Mary is in her office. She bought a large chocolate milk. Yesterday was kind of a bad day for her mentally.
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Saturday, September 09, 2006

Saturday
got a call from alton medling's wife that I met at the Metrolina the last show about putting my paintings in hendersonville, and a gallery in asheville. Also, about putting some small ones in a store in kannapolis. they are also planning to sell at Scot's in Atlanta and Washington D.C. and will take some of my paintings. They were the reason for the "Sacred Grove" I wrote last night and inclued in blog.704-392-2529 work for Alton and home after five for Mrs. at 704-795-2015. They live in Concord.Max and friend out mowing yard.Saw the movie The Protector with Joey last night. Joey is my student I've had since he was 11. He's actually graduating form High School this year - oh my god. He's like a son to me. No one was in theater at the time, he walked down asile thanking all for recieving the academy award and did the funkiest craziest dance in front of the screen. what a jokester.mary bit by fire ant going out of town tomorrow for several days real estate convention. I am going to be doing heavy duty painting.Never heard back from the lady that called to buy my painting. she was to email me contact information. great. I knew the moment she said she would just do that not call. That happens like about over half the time....Last weekend, lady to buy eight paintings.......... doesn't come back.man to buy a 450.00 painting haven't got their check yet.lady just mentioned not sent emailgirl about the pbs show not calledthomas from nancy thomas not called. called his number get a leave a number message, nt gallery said he will be in on Monday...wooo ... wanted to ask his friend advice about N.Y.
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Friday, September 08, 2006

Friday........prices on paintings.
The Sacred GrovePrelude: I withheld prices so that the everyday person could have one of my paintings. However, due to the international exposure and galleries that are requesting to sell my work will only allow them to be sold at certain prices, chances must be made Another thing is, if an artist puts a low price on a painting the potential buyer assumes it is value the artist appreciates it as. The time has come now to rise into the "Fine Art" realm if I am to be taken serious. I seek to become an artist working on a mission to create as many and as good a painting as I can that unveils the Divine Essence in every living thing. For years my faithful fans have contributed to my career through their purchases allowing me to continue my work. I will never forget them. I still need them. So, we will begin now step by step to inner the new phase of my career. It will move by one painting at a time. To start, gyclees will be made of "The Lady in Red," "The Loch," and "Divine Love." It will be several months for the transition to complete so now is the time to invest. Gyclees will be selling for the price of the originals. Originals will be appraised and priced by the galleries. We have small posters available now at "Stefan's Store," on this site. This new season is approaching. Now, for the "Sacred Grove." At a renaissance festival I saw a sign once that read, "Here Be Dragons." It was a ceramic store that sold dragons and knights and princesses. It seem such a dramatic title. The time has come for the Sacred Grove to be born. "Here Be the Living Spirit". Pretend you are walking along a wooded path. The day is overcast and gloomy. A mild breeze does blow. Up ahead there seems to be a soft brightening at the far end of the path. There is a glow. The sky beyond is crystal blue as the ocean's gulf stream. The colors are vibrant and alive. There's a tingle in the air. Every leaf. every blade of grass, lady bug, an opening thistle, a chirping cricket, an air borne dragonfly... all seem so filled with teeming life....and all connected as One Life, One Spirit, One loving Divine God. This is the place of paradise where joy and serenity go hand and hand. It is the place where Love reigns. It is our afterlife home, our Heaven. A painting does not enter here unless it has come from heart and soul where the Divine resides.Welcome to The Sacred Grove.Saw the Protector with Joey. Back at home. Doing a painting that was going to kind of be like Van Gogh's vase with irises, but for the background I started in the center like a sun and started going around and around and loosening up into squiggles. It looked pretty good and several people said I shouldn't put a vase over it. So instead, I am taking the line of the table and making into a bank meeting a narrow river and will have this short stubbing like trees around.Feeling something empty inside me. Canceled meeting Denise at CAL. I hate the drive from University City where I live to the road going through downtown.Had a lady call from CAL inquiring abuot doing the Loch. I asked for her contact info and she said she would email it to me. She was to commission me and of course she never sends it. God, howmany times do I hear people that say they are going to do something then never follow through, they say they are going to buy something and will be back and never show.
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Miracle I found this. PC crashed again. Alright I'll start leaving my information here and all my little thoughts. I'm going to just back up everything once a week. Got the whole collection of Van Gogh's works. I am going to start from his first to his last. Work with them but with my own subject and style to perfect my own. I want to work hard as him and be known that I actually passed him with the amount of work. He only had 10 years to paint. But, he started a decade earlier than me. It shall be interestings.
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Thursday, August 24, 2006

going to Fayetteville tomorrow
Stayed up all night watching the Corner series on HBO. Painting a Charleston, S.C. coastline scene like an earlier one for a commission. This one the surface is wilder.Taught class at Charlotte Art League.Picked up paintings from the Manor Theater. Had sold one from there.Went to Harry's and picked up van and left Lincoln.Mary cleaning house because Dianne coming over to watch Marge for a bit while Mary goes with me to Fayetteville Gallery art crawl night. Teach Saturday at Cape Fear Studio there at Fayetteville. Tonight will work more on Charleston painting and will clean some, Mary in angry state of mind when cleans. Had a great talk with Harry tonight. He's like a brother in ways, both of us rising above and working hard.
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Red Tree triptic
Put this on Ebay. This is my first three-canvas painting. Have five people watching it. One emailed me from Canada and asked how much it would be to ship it. Sold two - three set gycless on Ebay today. I shipped Maternal today to a man in S.C. and it costs like 22.00 for the box and 30.00 to ship it. Ouch.....Had a good time for Easter at Mom's. Missed Abbigail. Had to leave the table when she was talked about. We worked on Mom's yard, Mary and I, Marge was with us. We gave Annette her painting back to do another for us.
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this is a copy and wonder how it will work.
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Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Earlier on April 1
April 1, 2006Sat. at the Metrolina Expo in Charlotte, N.C. I think I sold three paintings and three prints today. Since Jan. 1, I think I have sold about 47 paintings. Today sold one large one with a red tree on a hill, by an lake with sun rising. I sold it half price like $350.00.Mary, lady selling linen at next booth had me do a rooster for her. It was a 250.00 painting did it for her for 75.00, the lowest I've sold in over a year I think. Most of the booth people had a bad day. I am so lucky to have done as well as I have. Fourth Friday of July sold 17 paintings in two hours at Ole Town Gallery. I'm painting one painting a day. The portfolio we have of photos of some of my paintings total over 200. My goal is to have over 1,500 paintings in my life. I am going to start keeping this diary and do back ups and send to my mom I guess. I'm afraid what to write.... especially the daily life situations. Meaning... like the little spats.... like got paint on the bed so we don't talk and she don't help me at the busiest time of the year.. this show. I think I was the only person manning a spot by my self out of the hundred plus dealers. Been painting from 7:30 to 5 p.m., then several hours last night at Charlotte Art League. Did a triple canvas painting.. .red background tree... with electric blues. Entered in a jury show today at CAL with triple painting and a Trinity Lake series. It was $15.00 to enter. Going to talk to Jazz on Tuesday about doing a mural on the side of my building at North Davidson by the Little Theater. Not getting paid but figure it would be great ad for my art.Tonight, wrote the exe. editor of Fay. Observer about Milly saying she would never do an article on me because I painted too much like "you know who." I explained in depth the differences to the editor, hope I didn't wear him out. I requested they do a story on me. We'll see.
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same morning
Wed - Sunday did the Metrolina Expo. Sold over a 12 paintings. For the first couple of days seemed like I wasn't going to sell anything. It was a strange crowd. Had two people swear they were coming back. One said just going to car to get a camera to take a photo of me next to the painting.I have been looking at Ebay at Osnat and Girelli artists. They sell a dozen paintings every several days. Osnat says she sold 1,500 paintings in 3 years??? And she only started painting three years ago.... She does abstract. Wow, that is just so hard to believe that someone outdoes me. Of course it make take longer to do my impressionism scenes than her abstracts.My goal is to be America's Van Gogh, but using my own artstyle of Squigglism. I paint everyday. It costs like $30.00 a day for me to paint and to have a place at metrolina is 250.00 a month. So when I sell several paintings the money is gone. I'm the little hampster on the spinning wheel.I use acrylic paints. I do not blend my colors together but put them side by side. It is a kind of pointilism except they are squiggles than dots. Van Gogh's dashes are like simple short piano notes or if words, "wait! stop! don't! run!" while mine are like sustained piano notes. I try to express both jubilation and serenity at the same time doing strokes like musicial notes that are seen in everything that exists.
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April 4, 2006Nice day. 7:30 a.m. Waiting to see if Mary rises for us to take a walk in the park. Trying to lose weight. Was 265, now 252? Go to weight watchers tomorrow. At 1 p.m. going to talk to "Jazz" at Real Eyes about doing a mural on the side of his bookstore. Also am planning to do a mural on the outside of Charlotte Art League. I think that will be good exposure for me. Thinking of doing a Trinity Lake for there.
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2007-12-28T01:25:00.000-08:00

When Bhutto falls the cries for freedom rise
The deodara is the Pakistan national tree. The moon and star are symbols on Pakistan's flag. The national flower is jasmine, that also represents Bhutto. The flower has fallen. There is a termite (whom the President of Pakistan recently used termites as a metaphor for terrorists) that has cut the flower down. The roses are America's national flower. Though Bhutto is departed, new buds rise.
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America's Van Gogh Painting Auction for Heart Association

2007-12-20T05:47:00.000-08:00

"Hearts Heal" by Stefan Duncan will be auctioned at the annual Charlotte Heart Ball event on Feb. 9th, 2007 in Charlotte, N.C. The painting has been appraised at $10,000. All money is given to the American Heart Association.

Those interested in bidding may contact Susan Fisher, coordiantor of the Charlotte Heart Ball at Susan.fisher@heart.org .

Duncan's style is called "Squiggleism." He describes it as a Van Gogh dash with a twist. As a point is to pointilism, a squiggle is to squiggleism. There is a spirital side to this also. Most of Duncan's paintings have a source of light in them that represents the Divine. Each squiggle is a unit of the Divine.

The symbolism for "Hearts Heal" is: the light is the Divine; the three waterfalls represent the Trinity. The flowing streams are healings. The small lake or water is symbolic of our faith. The two trees can be friends or lovers (showing the importance of human compassion and love). The roots of the trees are in their "faith" - the water - absorbing the healing. The small red tree on the right of the painting represents hope.

Duncan has been called by some as one of the most prolific artists of the world. He creates and sells several hundred paintings a year. The vangoghgallery.com dubbed Duncan as becoming the American Van Gogh. He is represented by galleries around the country. He lives in Charlotte where he teaches classes mainly for the fun of it at a Michael's store and from his studio at the Charlotte Art League downtown Charlotte. He makes regular appearances on Fox News Rising.

Duncan is also looking for galleries for solo exhibits, those interested in his dealer program, and of course media outlets for more exposure of his art.

Duncan's website is http://www.stefanduncangallery.com His manager, Kristen Oliver may be contacted at kristen.oliver@hotmail.com

Dec. 20th, 2007

2007-12-20T05:39:00.001-08:00

Created a newsletter and posted the icon to join on website. Painting Michelle Lee's christmas commissions today. Mailing several paintings today, one of them is for Meredith's commissioned wedding gift.

Kristen is following up on photo news release of "Heart's Heal" to send to Art Business News and Sophia's.

Must email allposters about Vincent Van Gogh site. I've sold also all of the paintings I've done of Van Gogh and I guess I will do more as a way of showing my appreciation of the man and for so many that love his work.

America's Van Gogh Painting Auction for Heart Association

2007-12-17T10:03:00.000-08:00

Will be on Fox Rising Tuesday to show the painting, "Heart's Heal" for the 2008 Greater Charlotte Heart Heart for the American Heart Association. The painting is appraised at $10,000. It can be seen on the website http://www.stefanduncangallery.com The painting will be auctioned on Feb. 9th, during the Heart Ball event in Charlotte.

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2007-12-14T11:43:00.000-08:00

Dec. 14, 2007

Sitting at home. I am preparing to do a painting for Matthew Paul Brown and Elizabeth McLean Brown of Pinnacle Sotheby's International Realty". matthewpaulbrown.com that will be used as part of their logo. A branch of their's uses several Van Gogh paintings of houses. I may use the photo of the millionare home we sold paintings at during a open house showing.

Considering running to Fayetteville tomorrow to switch out "Magic Hour Over Lake Norman," from Ole Town Gallery and taking it to a potential buyer.

Emailed photos of "Heart's Heal," for the Charlotte Art Ball. Must call J. Graves with Fox to do Christmas show.