Charles Himself, Home & Family
1943 – Chuck at the Corcoran
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1945 – Going Home
![Sketch in letter to the girl back home (demobilization, 1945). Inscription: Home: Everyone, everything goes home in the end. Charles Marchant Stevenson.](https://www.williamzacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Charles-Marchant-Stevenson/art/CS194510_Chuck_self-portrait_watercolor_Charles-Marchant-Stevenson.jpg)
Tippy
![Tippy by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1953). Acrylic on cloth covered wood panel (30" x 50").](https://www.williamzacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Charles-Marchant-Stevenson/art/CS195310_Tippy_Charles-Marchant-Stevenson_acrylic-on-canvas-on-wood-panel_30.5x49.jpg)
Father Abbott
![Father Abbott (1961). Charles Marchant Stevenson paints his boyhood mentor as an angelic presence, arms outstretched in blessing, healing light radiating from his palms. Egg tempera (22”x 36”). SKU: CS196100*](https://www.williamzacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Charles-Marchant-Stevenson/art/CS196100_Father-Abbot_egg-tempera_22x36_Charles-Marchant-Stevenson.jpg)
Stevenson paints his boyhood mentor as an angelic presence, arms outstretched in blessing, healing light radiating from his palms. Father Abbott lived with the Stevenson family for several years.
1960 – Self Portrait
![Self Portrait by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1960). Acrylic (36"x36")](https://www.williamzacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Charles-Marchant-Stevenson/art/CS196020_Self-Portrait_acrylic_36x36_Charles-Marchant-Stevenson.jpg)
Stevenson’s partner at Stevenson/Leach Studios, Matt Leach, writes, “Planning the reference photos for this self portrait Charles set up a sheet of glass to represent the plane of the canvas, then had a friend shoot the photos through the glass.” The Art of Charles M. Stevenson
1971 – Awaiting the Christmas Visitor
![Awaiting the Christmas Visitor by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1971). Dream-like heightened awareness balances breathless anticipation and the deep comfort of home. Arnold Borley is the expected guest. With its reflections of a starry winter sky and full moon, rich golds and oranges, deep blues and purples, this is one of Charles Marchant Stevenson's most beloved images. Serigraph (26” x 20”), edition of 36. SKU: CS197104](https://www.williamzacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Charles-Marchant-Stevenson/art/CS197104-_Awaiting-the-Christmas-Visitor_serigraph_26x20_Charles-Marchant-Stevenson.jpg)
Dream-like heightened awareness balances anticipation and the deep comfort of home. With its reflections of a starry winter sky and full moon, rich golds and oranges, deep blues and purples, this is one of Charles Marchant Stevenson’s most beloved images. Stevenson and his cat peer out the window, looking for their expected visitor, Arnold Borley.
Chess Match: My Parents
![Chess Match: My Parents by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1972). Portrait of Charles M. Stevenson II and Mildred Stevenson. SKU: CS197210](https://www.williamzacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Charles-Marchant-Stevenson/art/CS197210_Chess-Match_My-Parents_Charles-M-Stevenson-II_Mildred-Stevenson.jpg)
Honest Writing: My Father
![Honest Writing: My Father By Charles Marchant Stevenson (1973). Portrait of Charles Marchant Stevenson II. Acrylic (60” x 36” ). Inscription on the note in the upper right-hand corner: "The writer who wants to be honest while writing about government can afford to have only two friends when he gets down to work – his typewriter and his wife." SKU: CS197300](https://www.williamzacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Charles-Marchant-Stevenson/art/CS197300_Honest-Writing_My-Father_Charles-Marchant-Stevenson-II_acrylic_60x36.jpg)
Angel
![Angel (1972). Charles Marchant Stevenson's portrait captures the serenity of his father's second wife.. Acrylic (60" x 36") SKU: CS197215](https://www.williamzacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Charles-Marchant-Stevenson/art/CS197210_Angel_acrylic_60x36_Charles-Marchant-Stevenson.jpg)
The Eye of Memory
![The Eye of Memory by Charles Marchant Stevenson (1977). Stevenson layers image upon image to create an impression of architectural drawing which is in fact as imprecise as dreams. Re-envisioned through the prisms of love and memory, Charles Marchant Stevenson creates an idyll of his childhood home in Maryland, in which his parents live forever, taking their ease in sun-dappled shade. Acrylic on canvas (38” x 42”). SKU: CS197700](https://www.williamzacha.com/wp-content/uploads/Charles-Marchant-Stevenson/art/CS197700_Eye-of-Memory_acrylic_38x42_Charles-Marchant-Stevenson.jpg)
Charles Marchant Stevenson layers image upon image to create an impression of architectural drawing which is, in fact, as imprecise as dreams. Re-envisioned through the prisms of love and memory, Stevenson creates an idyll of his childhood home in Maryland, in which his parents live forever, taking their ease in sun-dappled shade.
How I See It: Mendocino Bay
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From the Mendocino headlands, Charles Marchant Stevenson looks south across the bay toward Chapman’s Point. Within rainbow energies, mischievous elementals coalesce and dissolve. Stevenson shares the magic, giving the viewer a glimpse through his trifocal spectacles, the triple lenses through which he observes and records his world.
1996 – You Me, Me You, You Me
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Charles Marchant Stevenson: Portraits
Charles Marchant Stevenson: Artwork
Stevenson in His Own Words
About Charles Marchant Stevenson
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