Roberts also explores the figure through her "diver paintings" series. These works depict divers in mid-dive, exploring the relationships between the dichotomies of free will and destiny. By freezing the action of human figures caught tumbling in space, she addresses modern man's existential concerns for meaning and control.The figures themselves in their precise and controlled movements struggle against the pervasive natural forces. Despite the engagement of muscle and speed, the figure is always falling through space, which speaks to the assertion of human will in the context of circumstances beyond one's control. In much the same way as a diver works with and against gravity in order to achieve an artful sense of grace and precision, Roberts' figures become metaphors for the concentrated assertion of human will through suspended moments of beauty and grace.
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Archive of past work by Steph Roberts
Ice Cream, oil on panel, 36x36
Mother, oil on panel, 36x36
Purple Flower, oil on panel, 48x36
Untitled Portrait, Green, oil on panel, 48x36
Superman, oil on panel, 40x30
Mother and Son, oil on transparent acrylic panel, 40x30
Dark Self Portrait, oil on paper, 16x10
Light Self Portrait, oil on paper, 16x10
Visitation 1, oil on paper, 18x12
Visitation 2, oil on paper, 18x12
Green Self Portrait, oil on paper, 16x10
Portrait, oil on paper, 16x10
Screened, oil and acrylic on vellum, 10x10
Divers
The Pull of Water, oil on panel, 43x36
Le Lis Lyrique, oil on panel, 48x36
Red Divers, oil on panel, 32x36
Jacknife, oil on panel, 40x30
Yellow Divers, oil on panel, 40x30
Rarete, oil on panel, 48x36
Orchid, oil on panel, 16x16
Silhouette, oil on panel, 16x16
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