Moving Landscapes II: Steve Kean | Contact Photo Festival | Project Gallery Exhibition

I am an artist working in photography. Most of my work involves images made in the ever-shrinking green places and spaces between and inside cities. 

The profound beauty of nature has always moved me. I grew up surrounded by plants, trees and animals and was taught from an early age to respect them. Having a disability that requires me to use a wheelchair has often made it difficult to interact with nature. But I have found ways. Most notably traveling through it on trains and automobiles. 

My work that as a whole I call, "Moving Landscapes" is inspired by a diverse group of artists. Photographers like Peter Dusek, Ansel Adams, Ed Burtynsky and Freeman Patterson. I also find myself drawn to gifted painters including Mark Rothko; John Constable; Claude Monet; Vincent Van Gogh; Paul Cezanne; Georgia O'Keefe; Canadian painters the Group of Seven, especially honourary member, Tom Thompson; Steve Driscoll and artists of the Hudson River School. 

In 2017, I received the Best in Photography and Digital Media award at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, and I am honoured to have my photographs hanging in corporate collections and private homes.