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About the artist:
Stephen Robert Thorburn graduated from Pascack Valley High School in New Jersey where he majored in Art. He then went on to gain a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from California College of Arts and Crafts (renamed California College of the Arts) in Oakland. Stephen was awarded a one man show, featuring his mandala paintings, at Artist’s Embassy International in San Francisco.
Well known internationally as an independent video artist, Stephen has developed a personal art form and style with the ‘digital art music video’ concept in mind.
With the discovery of the first version of Lightwave 3D on an Apple IIe, a whole new world in creativity opened up for Stephen that allowed him to advance from stationary hand painted mandalas to full motion video. With computer hardware capable of higher resolutions, he was able to achieve a greater level of sophistication to his work. The early introduction of improved audio editing software also made it possible for him to compose experimental music to accompany the video art that has culminated in a true 4K ‘digital art music video’ experience.
For 5 years Stephen worked on a collaborative project with two of the world’s premier fractal artists, Joyce Joseph, and another who prefers to be known as “K”. Together they comprise “The Synergy Project” and have produced over 200 meditation music videos from its inception until the project’s official close in 2024.
In January of 2023 Stephen began publishing a weekly newsletter on Substack. Every Friday at 6pm he sends out his newsletter for the week featuring his music videos, a Synergy video, digital art, recipes, gardening tips, words of wisdom, and a whole lot more. Also included in each week’s publication are entertainment events and happenings he attends. It is a weekly personal journal of the artist in the form of a permanent blog on his Substack page.