Sardine Boat, Tangerine Sky (90-7), 1990
Oil on Canvas 34 x 46 in.
Untitled, 1994
Oil on Canvas 42 x 60 in.
White Gull Alighting (92-3), 1992
Oil on Canvas 30 3/4 x 40 1/2 x 1 in.
Nude, Cat, Gardener (94-8), 1994
Oil on Canvas 40 1/2 x 30 1/2 x 1 in.
Model, Gardener, Artist, (98/9-4), 1998
Oil on Canvas 42 x 60 in.
Red Windjammer, Green Sea, 2007
Watercolor on Paper 22 x 30 in.
Island in Fog (91-10), 1991
Oil on Canvas 60 1/2 x 84 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
To the Lilly Pad (03-TSW1), 2003
Watercolor on Paper 38 x 49 x 1 in.
Four White Horses (01-9), 2001
Oil on Canvas 22 x 30 in.
Untitled, 1999
Oil on Canvas 72 x 96 in.
1990S- 2000S
Stephen continues to paint right up until his death in 2010. He increasingly looks back to his childhood, depicting scenes of farms and family. Leaving NY and Maine in 2007, he and Pam move briefly to Evansville, Indiana, before settling in New Harmony, the location of his very first show at age 18. He receives awards and honorary degrees for his contributions to the arts. Pam and Stephen donate funds, paintings, and their house in Maine, to support the arts.
See here for a list of Stephen’s solo and group exhibitions
Key dates:
1993
Stephen receives the Benjamin Altman Prize from the National Academy of Design
2000
Stephen receives the Edwin Palmer Marine Prize from the National Academy of Design
2002
Awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville
2003
Received a second honorary degree from Maine College of Art, sharing the stage with Yoko Ono
2005
Donates various paintings to the University of Southern Indiana and gives $1.5 million to found the Kenneth P. McCutchan Art Center/Palmina F. and Stephen S. Pace Galleries
2007
Donates house in Maine along with the paintings inside to the Maine College of Art - subsequently the Pace House residency is created and the house is opened to the public
Moves to Evansville Indiana to an assisted living facility, continues to paint everyday
2008
Opens his first gallery - The Stephen Pace Gallery - in New Harmony, Indiana.
2009
Moves to a house in New Harmony, Indiana
2010
Stephen dies on September 23rd in Evansville, Indiana
Since Stephen's death his work has lived on. He continues to be represented in both group and solo exhibitions across the country.
Selecting Lobster (98-5), 1998
oil on canvas 30 3/4 x 36 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Untitled, 2004
Watercolor on Paper 45 x 34 in.
Tan Nude Purple Spread (06-M11), 2006
Oil on Canvas 42 x 52 x 1 in.
Berkeley Student (06-M9), 2006
Oil on Canvas 28 x 34 x 0 3/4 in.
Yellow Boat, 2001
Watercolor on Paper 17 1/2 x 27 3/4 in.
Family With Goat (02-DSW3), 2002
Watercolor on Paper 27 x 40 1/2 in.
SUN BATHERS, 1999
Oil on Canvas 48 x 72 in.
Ghengis Sleeping #3, 2001
Watercolor on Paper
17 3/4 x 27 in.
“These exuberant canvases owe something to Matisse and Milton Avery, but their influence enhances rather than drowns Mr. Pace’s own sophisticated voice. ”
Linda, Arms Upraised, 2005
Watercolor on paper
27 x 17 in.