McMillan, Stephen: 1949 (USA)

The Artist:

Stephen McMillan was born in the United States in 1949. He earned his B.F.A. and B.A. from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He completed graduate study in art at University of California at Berkley, and Hornsey College of Art in London, England. He has enjoyed solo exhibitions throughout the country including Santa Fe, N.M.; San Francisco California; and Chicago, Illinois.

McMillan has been the recipient of printmaking prizes and exhibited throughout the country including: Printmaking Show, Brooklyn Museum, New York; Printmaker's Gallery San Francisco, California; United States Information Agency Two Year Traveling Exhibition in Eight Japanese Cities, Foot Print Competition Show - Purchase Award Seattle Washington; Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, California; Plains Art Museum, Moorehead, Minnesota; Scottsdale Arts Festival, Scottsdale, Arizona; Purchase Prize at the Los Angeles Printmaking Society National Exhibition, California State University, Northridge California; DeCordova Museum, The Boston Printmakers Exhibition, Lincoln, Massachusetts; Southern Utah State College; Spokane National Print Competition, Spokane, Washington; Printmaker's Gallery, San Francisco, California; and Recent Acquisitions Show, Brooklyn Museum, New York. His work is in permanent private and corporate collections, and museums throughout the Unites States where it is exhibited including: Oakland Museum, Oakland California; DeYoung Museum, Achenbach Print Collection at San Francisco, California; Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, California; Illinois Bell, Chicago, Illinois; Harrahs Hotel, Reno, Nevada; General Electric, San Francisco, California; Itel Corporation, San Francisco, California; Memorial Museum, Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Petha-Tiqua, Israel; United States of America Embassy, Tokyo Japan; and Print Collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York.

The Art:

McMillan is an accomplished printmaker with strong drawing skills. His art has mystical poetic quality. Especially lovely are his landscape acquatings which simultaneously have a spirit, delicacy and power.

McMillan97 Stephen McMillan. Cypress Path. 3/200. Aquatint. The paper size is 30" x 42". The aquatint is created with three plates, and was acquired in 1982. For discussion about the artist's work see the paragraphs above. This acquatint is a perfect pair to Vernal Falls, displayed directly below. The artwork, margins and art surface, is in pristine condition. Close-Up $750.

McMillan98 Stephen McMillan. Vernal Falls. 111/150. Aquataint. The paper size is 30" x 42". The aquatint is created with two plates, and was acquired in 1982. For discussion about the artist's work see the paragraphs above. This acquatint is a perfect pair to Cypress Path, the work displayed directly above. The artwork, margins and art surface, is in pristine condition. Close-Up $750.