Jacquelyn Stephens is an abstract artist who creates large uplifting paintings that explore microscopic sea-life and coastal topography.

She over-enlarges and abstracts miniscule life forms and patterns onto the canvas and paints in many layers using glazing techniques to heighten the luminosity and ephemeral beauty of these otherworldly scenes.

The finished paintings have a unique nuance and glow that is at once captivating, ethereal, mysterious and meditative.