So, no comments on Laurent Dauptain's paintings, I'm surprised, I like his work. No problem, we'll move on to Brian Keith Stephens, who lives in Connecticut and is another artist who I've sold a number of pieces of. It's hard to tell in this image above, but what is most striking about him is what he does to the canvas before he starts applying the paint. If you look closely at the horizon, you can see circles embedded into the paint. Sometimes he'll glue paper or canvas shapes down, or press them into the gesso with jars and such, or stencil or rubber stamp odd images in.