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Stephen Warde Anderson

Rockford, Illinois, United States
Artist (Painting)
Born 1953

Stephen Warde Anderson is a self-taught Midwestern outsider artist whose acrylic paintings depict whimsical worlds inhabited by fairies, mermaids, aliens, fabulous creatures, and glamorous ladies, often in distress. Executed in a style best described as naive classicism, his work is characterized by bright colors, strong line, stylized, formal composition, and with its mix of fairy tale like fantasy, fey humor, and social comment presents an ingenuous romanticism free of parody or irony.  He is also creating a body of work of historical portraits.


Born (1953) and resident in Rockford, Illinois, Anderson has been working full-time and exhibiting nationally for over twenty years. He has had numerous one-man shows and has been represented by major dealers in Chicago, Milwaukee, Columbus OH, New York, Texas, Florida, and in the Washington, D.C. area. His paintings have also been featured as cover art for Chronicles magazine.


His work is included in the Roger Brown Study Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as in the collections of the Smithsonian Art Gallery and the Museum of Folk Art in New York. He is one of the few living painters to be profiled in the Encyclopedia of American Folk Art (Gerard C. Wertkin, New York, 2004) and is the subject of a documentary, "Fantasy Tableau" (available on Vimeo), by Milwaukee film maker Kate Balsley.

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A variety of landscapes and seascapes.
Painting titled "Penthouse Still Life" by Stephen Warde Anderson, Original Artwork, Acrylic Mounted on Wood Panel
Penthouse Still Life - Painting, 20x24 in ©2002 by Stephen Warde Anderson - Outsider Art, outsider-art-1044, Other, penthouse, sepia-tone
"Penthouse Still Life"

Acrylic on Synthetic board | 20x24 in

$748
Painting titled "Mountain Habitation" by Stephen Warde Anderson, Original Artwork, Acrylic Mounted on Other rigid panel
Mountain Habitation - Painting, 12x18 in ©2006 by Stephen Warde Anderson - Naive Art, naive-art-948, Other, mountain
"Mountain Habitation"

Acrylic on Synthetic board | 12x18 in

$297
Painting titled "Demise of Civilizat…" by Stephen Warde Anderson, Original Artwork, Acrylic Mounted on Wood Panel
Demise of Civilization - Painting, 18x24 in ©2005 by Stephen Warde Anderson - Naive Art, naive-art-948, Other, civilization, end of the world
"Demise of Civilization"

Acrylic on Synthetic board | 18x24 in

$693
Painting titled "Alien Landscape" by Stephen Warde Anderson, Original Artwork, Acrylic Mounted on Other rigid panel
Alien Landscape - Painting, 12x24 in ©2003 by Stephen Warde Anderson - Naive Art, naive-art-948, Other, alien planet
"Alien Landscape"

Acrylic on Synthetic board | 12x24 in

$614
Painting titled "Nightime on the Lake" by Stephen Warde Anderson, Original Artwork, Acrylic Mounted on Other rigid panel
Nightime on the Lake - Painting, 12x16 in ©2003 by Stephen Warde Anderson - Naive Art, naive-art-948, Other, lake, wildlife
"Nightime on the Lake"

Acrylic on Synthetic board | 12x16 in

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Painting titled "Arctic Geyser" by Stephen Warde Anderson, Original Artwork, Acrylic
Arctic Geyser - Painting, 12x16 in ©2005 by Stephen Warde Anderson - Naive Art, naive-art-948, Arctic, geyser
"Arctic Geyser"

Acrylic on Canvas | 12x16 in

$391
Painting titled "Bayou" by Stephen Warde Anderson, Original Artwork, Acrylic Mounted on Wood Panel
Bayou - Painting, 18x24 in ©2005 by Stephen Warde Anderson - Naive Art, naive-art-948, Other, bayou
"Bayou"

Acrylic on Synthetic board | 18x24 in

$726
Painting titled "Castle in the Sky" by Stephen Warde Anderson, Original Artwork, Acrylic Mounted on Other rigid panel
Castle in the Sky - Painting, 20x16 in ©2008 by Stephen Warde Anderson - Naive Art, naive-art-948, castle, clouds
"Castle in the Sky"

Acrylic on Synthetic board | 20x16 in

$570
Painting titled "Mountain Trek" by Stephen Warde Anderson, Original Artwork, Acrylic
Mountain Trek - Painting, 12x16 in ©2005 by Stephen Warde Anderson - Naive Art, naive-art-948, mountains, sasquatch, bigfoot
"Mountain Trek"

Acrylic on Canvas | 12x16 in

$391
Painting titled "Entrance to a Grotto" by Stephen Warde Anderson, Original Artwork, Acrylic Mounted on Wood Panel
Entrance to a Grotto - Painting, 18x24 in ©2004 by Stephen Warde Anderson - Naive Art, naive-art-948, Other, grotto, cavern
"Entrance to a Grotto"

Acrylic on Synthetic board | 18x24 in

$693
Painting titled "Ice Age Chicago" by Stephen Warde Anderson, Original Artwork, Acrylic Mounted on Other rigid panel
Ice Age Chicago - Painting, 20x24 in ©2017 by Stephen Warde Anderson - Naive Art, naive-art-948, Other, Chicago, Ice Age
"Ice Age Chicago"

Acrylic on Synthetic board | 20x24 in

$748
Painting titled "Desert Bollide" by Stephen Warde Anderson, Original Artwork, Acrylic Mounted on Other rigid panel
Desert Bollide - Painting, 14x18 in ©2005 by Stephen Warde Anderson - Naive Art, naive-art-948, Other, Desert, desert, meteor
"Desert Bollide"

Acrylic on Synthetic board | 14x18 in

$459
Painting titled "Germination" by Stephen Warde Anderson, Original Artwork, Acrylic Mounted on Wood Panel
Germination - Painting, 16x20 in ©2003 by Stephen Warde Anderson - Naive Art, naive-art-948, Other, seeds, vegetation
"Germination"

Acrylic on Synthetic board | 16x20 in

$570
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