Stephen Gjertson was among eighteen artists selected to participate in the second Minneapolis Club Artist Night exhibition on October 25th, 2011. The exhibition was well-attended by members and guests of the club.

The figure study of Rachel Weeping for Her Children was on view in the National Juried Biennial: Figurative Painting exhibition at the Amarillo Art Museum.
August 26 – October 23, 2011
Opening, August 26, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Gallery Talk, 6:30 p.m.

Stephen Gjertson recently completed A Passion for Books, the portrait of a Dallas businessman’s three children.

Triad: Three American Painters II opened at the Newington-Cropsey Foundation Gallery of Art on Sunday, September 12th, 2010. The exhibition ran from September 13 through November 5, M – F, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m., 25 Cropsey Lane, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

Stephen Gjertson was among fourteen artists selected to participate in the first Minneapolis Club Artist Night exhibition on September 14th, 2010. The exhibition was well-attended by members and guests of the club.

Stephen Gjertson, Kirk Richards and Steve Armes gave Power-Point presentations about their artistic traditions and art at The Grand Central Academy of Art in New York at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, September 10, 2010.
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These presentations coincided with the exhibition
TRIAD: Three American Painters II
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by Stephen Gjertson. Written on the occasion of Richard Lack’s 80th birthday.

It’s difficult to say anything about Richard Lack that I have not already stated in his biography or the essays on my student years and the ateliers of Gammell and Lack. I was one of the students in his first cohesive group—that is, the [...]

Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, November 28, 1923.
Died in Pine River, Minnesota, December 23, 2009.
Don Koestner was known by painters as the poet laureate of Minnesota impressionism. His life and work inspired and influenced two generations of mid-western landscape painters. He was the second child of working class parents. His sister was four years older [...]

A tribute given by Stephen Gjertson at the memorial for Don Koestner, January 30, 2010.
It is my distinct privilege to say a few words today about Don’s art. As an artist who has known Don and been familiar with his work for almost forty years, I can say without hesitation that he was the finest [...]