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Artist Bio
Stephen Bolton was raised in small town called Prineville OR in 1982. Since a very young age he has been using art as a means to express ideas, concepts and emotions to try to understand the human condition. After Graduating from Pacific North West College of Art in 2006 he spent time working and finding time here and there to dabble in his passion. In 2013 he took a hiatus from focusing on art to run a Hardware Store. In 2021 he is now taking time to reconnect and finish art work and projects that he has started but not finished over the past 7+ years.
Artist Statement
August 2026
I make paintings (oil, acrylic or what every medium I can use) based on my perceived or undiagnosed Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria. I try to express those feelings that are at the heart of RSD, brief moments of joy, depression, frustration, confusion and rage; based on rejection or real feelings of rejection, guilt or shame. Trying to find the way to peace (what ever that is). Contentment.
