Utah artist John Stevens uses every-day forms, abstracted into simple shapes and colors to symbolize the relationships of color, shape, and landscape. John reduces form to expressive geometric shapes, juxtaposing contours and colors to create images that take hold and resonate with the viewer. A sense of action is apparent in the stillness created within the confines of each painting, detailing a sense of history, a story or scene. John’s systematic abstractions involve skillful use of repetition and progression of elements to mirror the surrounding mountainous and open-plain areas of his home and the changing fields of Utah’s intricate landscape. He marks the changes of the moons and seasons in his paintings through contrasting shapes and colors. His images are evocative of modern abstract and minimal masters. John’s objective is to induce contemplation and reflection in viewers’ minds as they ponder the strong colors and shapes of his design mastery. There is something moving about how one form is laid upon another, gently and with care. Indeed, his paintings act as simplifications of our lives—they show movement and transformations of the passing and ever changing time almost more clearly than a photograph.