STACEY WELLS

Artist Stacey Wells grew up in the beauty of North Vancouver. When Stacey was the tender age of two, her father, Warner Wells was tragically killed in a plane crash, when someone put a bomb on the commercial airplane, he was piloting. Because of this Wells spent countless hours at her grandparents on the waterfront in West Vancouver. While spending many enjoyable days skipping rocks on the ocean with her grandfather, Wells fell in love with reflections.

 

Years later Stacey travelled with her mom and sisters to Australia where they lived out their father’s dream to take his family there. With stays in Fiji and Hawaii along the way, Stacey cataloged the colours and sights in her mind’s eye to eventually unleash in her, large vibrant acrylic paintings.  While in Fiji Wells bought a transistor radio which she put under her pillow to fall asleep to rock ‘n roll each night, music became her greatest inspiration.

At age 12, she drew her first portrait of Rod Stewart off an album cover and her passion for faces and painting portraits began.

 

Wells flourished with great mentors in commercial design, lithography and sculpture. Stacey excelled in sculpture and won a scholarship award for her work. Her early artworks were inspired by Andrew Wyeth, she credits her technical drawing skills to hours of studying his work. As the years progressed Stacey found new inspiration in artists such as Warhol, Gauguin, Van Gogh and Dali, Stacey’s style loosened up and with each passionate brush stroke she created her own, unique style.

 

  Decades later, Wells travelled to Napa Valley on a reunion with her girlfriends; after visiting Cosentino Winery, Wells was inspired by their Rock Star worthy wine and created a series of art she calls RockStar Reflections. She wanted to reflect the great times they had with music and wine, ultimately capturing "Time in a Bottle" to enjoy forever. Each artwork will bring the viewer back to their special moment. The collectable bottle series is the perfect canvas art to hang in your space and start a conversation. Wells RockStar Reflection series inspired several series of wine bottle paintings making it the perfect collectable art. The Message in a Bottle series became so popular that Wells was invited to have her first show at a private event with Gene Simmons, where Wells’ art hung on either side of the KISS Axe Bass Guitar.

 

Wells was drawn to the Sunset Strip, inspired by music, cool rocker looks, unique characters and the glow of stage lighting. Commemorating the Sunset Strip on canvas, Stacey Wells captured the essence of some of the greatest bands who got their start in the Sunset Strip and some of the local musicians making their way today.