Steve Salo, 30 January 2022
I’m currently creating new works for a solo exhibition at Whitewall Art Projects in May. I had a great time painting my plein air series in March 2021 and can’t wait to get back to the Southern Highlands.
Steve Salo painting in the studio
‘Fitzroy Falls’, oil on canvas, 80 x 80 cm. SOLD
‘The Valley That Speaks’, oil on Belgian linen, 100 x 150 cm. SOLD
Steve Salo, 30 January 2022
Saatchi Art’s Vincent-inspired NFT project ‘The Other Avatars’ went live to the public on 24 January and sold out in 20 minutes. For Saatchi Art updates and future NFT drops, keep an eye on saatchiart.com/nft
Two of my 20 NFTs, 154 artists created around 2500 works.
Steve Salo, 10 January 2022
While I’ll always be a painter first and foremost (nothing beats experimenting with the physical mediums of painting), I was excited to be selected as one of the artists for Saatchi Art’s first NFT project. NFT (Non-Fungible Token) collectors purchase a one-of-a-kind blockchain-enabled digital artwork. It’s another art universe, which I don’t quite understand yet. What I can say is the works I’ve seen created by the artists in this project are pretty freakin’ amazing.
The Other Avatars is the first NFT project of its kind, a collection of handmade, originally-designed and stylistically-varied avatars created by 154 international artists selected by Saatchi Art curators. The subject matter is what made me give this a go, the avatars are “inspired by the self-portraits of Vincent van Gogh and the NFT landscape in 2021”.
To create works for the project I took my original portrait paintings of Van Gogh then played with them digitally to make unique NFTs. Actually, I just did the art side and thankfully Saatchi have been taking care of all the tech stuff. The amazing Saatchi Art NFT team has connected curators, artists and technology experts on Discord, provided us with a template and ‘traits’ checker, are minting the ‘tokens’, doing the ‘drop’, helping us set up our ‘wallet’ and answering a gazillion questions.
The Other Avatars | A Saatchi Art NFT Collection goes live on 24 January 2022. saatchiart.com/nft
Pictured: Four of my van Gogh-inspired NFTs
Steve Salo paintings on Saatchi Art
Steve Salo, 27 December 2021
Paintings currently available at Art2Muse Gallery can be viewed online or visit the gallery when they reopen on 11 January.
Paintings available from Art2Muse Gallery
234 Jersey Road, Woollahra Sydney NSW Australia
Enquiries: Email Katrina Hampton, Gallery Director katrina.hampton@art2muse.com.au or tel. +61 424 809 849
Steve Salo, ‘Generation Z’, oil on aluminium, 40 x 40 cm
Steve Salo, ‘The Bridge’, oil on aluminium, 60 x 60 cm
Paintings are framed in mocha stain 4cm deep profile.
Steve Salo, 23 December 2021
Like many people, I can’t wait to see the back of 2021. But it’s also had some upsides, I finished the year with three unexpected and exciting secret-squirrel projects, which I can now reveal.
I was selected to participate in Saatchi Art’s first NFT collection The Other Avatars.
Two portraits I’ve painted of actor Mark Deans (2016 and 2021) are featured in the set of the Back to Back Theatre production Entity.
‘Passerby Rutland Street’ will be the cover artwork for a book being published by Penguin Random House in South Africa. I did a somersault across the loungeroom when I heard this one!
I’m honoured to be connected with each of these projects.
From the archives, ‘Passerby Rutland Street’, oil on aluminium, 31 x 37 cm. SOLD
The Passerby series (2015) I have great memories of creating this show with Metropolis Gallery.
Steve Salo, 21 December 2021
Following a wonderful experience painting the Back to Back Theatre actors and artistic director in 2016, I was commissioned to paint a second portrait of Mark Deans in late 2021. The two portraits of Mark are featured in the set of his solo show Entity.
Paintings:
Steve Salo, ‘Mark Deans 2021’, oil on canvas, 60 x 70 cm
Steve Salo, ‘Mark Deans 2016’, oil on aluminium, 60 x 60 cm
The Back to Back Theatre Portraits (2016)
Steve Salo, 20 November 2021
During winter I took on a daily painting challenge and created a series of small still life works, which I shared on Instagram @steve.salo. Thank you to new and existing collectors and others interested in my work, I have an incredible community of supporters and it’s been great getting to know you through this series. It warms my heart that there’s people out there who appreciate still life paintings. I love painting them!
Steve Salo Still Life
Steve Salo, 23 October 2021
I have four landscape paintings in the upcoming group exhibition Infinite Space – Land, Sky and Sea at Grainger Gallery, from 29 October to 15 November. I’m honoured to be showing my works alongside artists I admire, in this beautiful gallery.
Grainger Gallery
Building 3.3, 1 Dairy Road, Fyshwick ACT
Email: art@graingergallery.com.au
Tel. +61 404 769 843
Steve Salo, ‘Day at Bushrangers Bay’, oil on aluminium (mocha edge frame), 50 x 50 cm. SOLD
Steve Salo, ‘Light falling across the Barwon River’, oil on aluminium (mocha edge frame), 50 x 50 cm. SOLD
Detail from Steve Salo, ‘The Light Beyond’, oil on Belgian linen, 90 x 90 cm. SOLD
Steve Salo, 5 October 2021
After postponing in 2020 due to Covid lockdowns, my solo show at Art2Muse is finally here…well, kind of. Sydney is back in lockdown, the gallery is closed, the opening cancelled and I can’t get over the border to attend anyway. Paintings can be viewed online at Art2Muse Gallery and the gallery reopens 11 October.
Art2Muse Gallery, 234 Jersey Road, Woollahra Sydney NSW Australia
Enquiries: Email Katrina Hampton, Gallery Director katrina.hampton@art2muse.com.au or tel. +61 424 809 849
Clockwise: ‘Demons Bluff Anglesea, Great Ocean Road’, oil on Belgian linen, 164 x 128 cm. SOLD
‘Point Lonsdale Lighthouse’, oil on aluminium, 60 x 60 cm. SOLD
‘View to the Bridge’, oil on aluminium, 50 x 50 cm. SOLD
‘Afternoon Light Cape Otway’, oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm
‘Woman’, After Ivan Kramskoi ‘Portrait of an Unknown Woman’, oil on Belgian linen on board, 40 x 40 cm. SOLD
‘Self Portrait on an Ordinary Day’, oil on Belgian linen, 25 x 32 cm.