NAVIGATE No. 1
Details
Edition
Unique
Medium
Photography, Oil, Ink and Pastel with Textured Matte Surface on Birch Panel
Signature
Signed
Unframed Dimensions
36 x 36 in
91.44 x 91.44 cm
Year
2024
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Stev’nn Hall (born 1966 in Ontario, Canada) is a mixed-media visual artist known for his emotionally charged, dreamlike landscapes that merge photography, painting, and drawing into richly layered atmospheric works. Raised in rural Ontario, Hall grew up with a 35mm camera in one hand and a paintbrush in the other, an early duality that would eventually define his artistic voice. He studied film, photography, and painting at Concordia University in Montréal, and later channeled his talents into filmmaking, directing indie music videos, and producing award-winning television promos before returning to his first love: painting.
Hall’s process is deeply tactile and rooted in memory. He begins with his own analog photographs, of farmhouses, open roads, vast skies, and pastoral scenes reminiscent of his upbringing, which he reworks through a multi-step transformation. He re-photographs these images through textured glass, crops and overlaps them, and then enlarges them onto birch panels. Over these photographic foundations, he builds layers of oil, acrylic, pastel, and ink. He scrapes, scumbles, scratches, glazes, and repaints the surfaces to create the feeling of aged, time-worn photographs, artifacts shaped by recollection as much as by reality.
The resulting landscapes feel cinematic yet intimate, radiating both nostalgia and quiet melancholy. Hall’s dramatic skies and luminous horizons evoke what he describes as a “connection to the unknown,” an internal pilgrimage shaped by childhood memory and later life experiences, including the complexities of caring for his parents. His work captures the tension between beauty and impermanence.
Stev’nn Hall has exhibited widely across North America and internationally. He has held solo shows in Ontario, Toronto, and Montréal, as well as in DTR Modern Galleries’ locations in the United States. His work resides in private collections worldwide and is included in notable public collections such as The Ritz-Carlton Toronto and the Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls. Hall has also been featured on Bravo TV and appeared twice on the artist-focused series Star Portraits.
Explore Stev’nn Hall at DTR Modern Galleries
Stev’nn Hall’s luminous mixed-media landscapes are represented across all DTR Modern Galleries locations (New York City, Boston, Palm Beach, and Washington, D.C). His evocative dreamscapes remain a favorite among collectors seeking emotionally resonant, atmospheric contemporary art.
