Stephen Altena

Stephen Altena is a contemporary painter who employs strategies of appropriation in his approach to his practice. Borrowing from the histories of botanical illustration, textile design and his own observational notes and sketches, he brings together traditional and post modern concerns in his vividly coloured and tenderly brushed paintings on wood, canvas and paper.

Stephen Altena is cofounder of Hundred Dollar Gallery, with Andrew McPhail, and is a founding member of the Hamilton artist run collective, The Assembly Gallery.  He is a graduate of Redeemer College University and the Independent Study Program at Dundas Valley School Of Art. He lives and works in downtown Hamilton.  

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