Queequeg (1993). Nude portrait of Mendocino friend, which Stevenson titled Queequeg, harpooner on the whaling ship Pequod, in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick (1851). Acrylic on canvas (80” x 36”). Hand signed: Stevenson. Stevenson/Leach Studios. Original artist’s frame. SKU: CS199320*
Apotheosis of the Working Man (1993). A halo surrounds the Risen Christ, who during His life was the carpenter Jesus of Nazareth. Charles Marchant Stevenson’s sacred geometry also halos the priest, a “worker in the fields of the Lord.” The Priest, eyes closed and mouth open, overcome by transcendant bliss from recent presence of the Dove of the Holy Spirit, as yet unaware of spattered traces of the Dove’s passage on his jacket. Acrylic on canvas (48” x 48”). Signed: Stevenson. Stevenson/Leach Studios Original artist’s frame. CS199310*
Phoenix Song (1993). The singing phoenix rises from the glowing shadow of a woman clothed in flame. Stevenson and Leach offer Phoenix Song as an affirmation of hope and rebirth. Signed on reverse: Stevenson/Leach. Stevenson/Leach Studios. Original artist’s frame. SKU: CS199303*
Dancer on Heartbeat (1993). Dancer on Heartbeat is a blessing, and an affirmation for healing the heart, both physical and emotional. The model is Matt Leach. Acrylic on canvas (48” x 48”). Hand signed. Stevenson/Leach Studios. SKU: CS199301
Helen Neumann Reynolds (1993), Whimsical Egyptian theme portrait of Helen Reynolds, with husband Judge Embree Reynolds as Pharoah. Acrylic on canvas. Signed: Stevenson. Stevenson/Leach Studios SKU: CS199315
Apsaras (1992) is a monumental study for an even larger, eight-panel screen, never realized. Shanti Balsé is the model. Acrylic on canvas (48” x 72”). Stevenson/Leach Studios. Original artist’s frame. SKU: CS199210
Foggy Gomes (1992). Portrait of Chief Eugene “Foggy” Gomes, Matt Leach’s gift to the Mendocino Volunteer Fire Department. Reflected in the Chief’s spectacles: the iconic redwood sculpture of Time and the Maiden, the emblem of Mendocino, atop Mendocino’s Masonic Hall. The painting is on view at the firehouse on Lansing Street in Mendocino. Best time to see it: the Mendocino Fire Department’s Pancake breakfast next Fourth of July. Acrylic on canvas (64” x 48”). Signed: Leach. Stevenson/Leach-Studios. SKU: CS199210ML
Liberty (1991). With reverence, a young man salutes Liberty, and honors those fallen in her cause. Background: Eugene Delacroix’s masterwork Liberty Leading the People. The model is Stevenson/Leach partner Matt Leach. Gouache (10” x 13”). Signed: Stevenson ’91. Stevenson/Leach Studios. Mat and narrow gold metal frame.SKU: CS199120
The Hee Ancestor Landing on the Headlands by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1990). Used as cover art for The Chinese of the Mendocino Coast by Dorothy Bear and David Houghton, published by Mendocino Historical Research, Inc., PO Box 922, Mendocino, CA 95460. SKU: CS199030
Trafalgar Lion (1990). A celebration of the cheerful fun of climbing one of the magnificent Trafalgar Square lions. Acrylic on canvas (34” x 72”). Hand signed: Stevenson. Stevenson/Leach Studios. Original artist’s frame. SKU: CS199005*
