Kyle Stuckey is an American realist painter originally from New Hampshire.
Kyle Stuckey at a glance
- Nationality: American
- Originally from: New Hampshire
- Based in: Charleston, South Carolina
- Medium: Oil
- Style: Impressionistic realism
- Learned from: Studying masters such as Sargent, Zorn, Sorolla and Waterhouse, plus workshops
- Member of: The Putney Painters and Oil Painters of America
- Website: kylestuckey.com
“For me, just seeing new places and things is inspiring, whether it’s extremely different or just a slight variation from the everyday.”
Kyle Stuckey began studying art during his high school years simply because he needed an art credit to graduate, but he then fell in love with art as he studied masters like Sargent and Waterhouse, took workshops from today’s masters, and became a member of the Putney Painters learning alongside some of the greatest artists today.
Kyle Stuckey has spent much time traveling around the world, painting as he goes, and he has spent time in Asia, Europe, Central America, and the U.S. west coast, but now he is living in Charleston, South Carolina.
Kyle Stuckey says that even something like a weekend trip into North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains is enough to kick his art brain into high gear, and he finds that just seeing new places and things is inspiring, whether it’s extremely different or just a slight variation from the everyday.
Kyle Stuckey doesn’t deliberately set out to find subjects, and he just sets out, and then as he meanders through an older section of Charleston or along a beach, or sits in a restaurant with his wife, painting ideas tend to show up, and one recent rediscovery has been a series of tonal works.
Kyle Stuckey has been applying only two colors, one warm and one cool, with no white, to paint familiar subjects in a way that takes him back to the basics of drawing and using values to create form, and he finds it fun to explore that approach even as he brings years of training and experience to the work.
- Originally from New Hampshire, now lives in Charleston, SC.
- Member of the Putney Painters, learning from top artists.
- Has traveled and painted in Asia, Europe, and Central America.
- Developed a series of tonal works using only two colors.
- His style is impressionistic realism with diverse subject matter.
Kyle Stuckey says he is finding new ways to keep his work fresh and move forward, and he is pushing boundaries while producing what is still clearly a Kyle Stuckey body of work, reflecting his growth and evolution as an artist over the past decade.
Art Category Fact: The Putney Painters is an invitation-only group of artists who gather in Putney, Vermont, to paint together and learn from one another, led by renowned artist Richard Schmid, and it has become a prestigious community for realist painters seeking to refine their skills through mentorship, collaboration, and a shared dedication to the craft.
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” — Pablo Picasso
If you want to see where Kyle Stuckey’s work has gone since, his website kylestuckey.com is the best place to look.