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A brief description of Fairchild's art
When asked to describe my creative style by those unfamiliar with my art, I mention bright colors, expressionist influences, whimsical imagery, multi layered, upbeat, blah,blah,blah. I continually produce paintings with brightly colored images such as fish, cattle, tulips, or jazz bands. In many of my pieces, one will notice a primitive off registration spray paint technique……
I started incorporating this painting process in the early seventies, and the first stencil series that I cut, included images of jazz band musicians and dancers. The figures were derived from the rudimentary scenes that were painted on the sides of 1950's pinball machines, and I continue to paint the same figures from that first series.
Over the years, I have cut other stencil groups, such as tulips, fish,and The Big Bun Diner. Aside from being influenced by pinball machine art, my art has also been influenced by primitive folk art, old school photographic processes, German expressionism, Pop art, and John Boyd.
As far as shows and exhibits, since 1977, I have had a number of solo shows and have participated in numerous group exhibitions. Recent projects include mixed media paintings of spaceships, cattle, fish with sharp teeth, New Mexican landscapes, librarians afterhours, cowboys and cowgirls of the fifties, and more metal fish.....
Some of the pieces on this site are available for purchase or commission. Contact me any time, if only to comment about my images.
Steve Fairchild
Fairco/Artco
(316) 650-0025
sfairchild1@cox.net
sfairchild555@gmail.com