Our office serves as a gallery for several original art pieces created by Stephanie Pearl, a local artist. The contemporary style and formats of her pieces combined with soothing colors and vibrant finishes, compliment the overall décor of our work environment. The artwork featured in our office is for sale, and prices range from $1,200 to $2,000 per piece.

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Stephanie Pearl Bio
Stephanie Pearl rose to prominence in California, where she has lived her entire life. Her work embodies the natural world and captures it with a fresh post-modern eye. While eclectic and varied with media choice, Pearl has blossomed into a formidable talent utilizing canvas and wood.

A native of Fresno, California, Pearl has had a bit of formal artistic training, but she is primarily self-taught. Not something one would surmise after viewing her work. Stephanie Pearl was initially raised in Madera, California, a rural farming community located in the heart of the Central Valley and home to several large produce collectives. Eventually, she found herself feeling restricted and claustrophobic. After graduating from high school in Madera, she moved to San Francisco in 1987. Like anyone with considerable ambition and a need to create, Pearl's nomadic instincts allowed for enlightenment, an artistic and personal awakening of sorts.

Spending much of her time haunting museum floors and attending gallery openings, Stephanie Pearl focused on what she really felt a passion for-creation. This creative fervor allowed for a fresh commitment to art. Influenced by many, Pearl studied Picasso, Segal, Rauschenberg, and Dali. Without any formal art education, Pearl committed herself to the throes of art. Living in such an inspiring location during a significant time for art, Pearl focused on her experiences and created bonds with like people. Not until her migration to Fresno in 1994 did she begin to take part in what was to be her future.

Initially, Pearl manipulated the three-dimensional form, constructing collage and box assemblages. Although these story boxes helped to fuel Pearl's focus, they seemed restricted and unyielding. After about a year, she meandered over to other conventional mediums such as wire sculptures and metals. She then quickly gravitated toward canvass and wood surfaces and has continued to work with them for over a decade.

Stephanie Pearl studied English literature at California State University, Fresno (CSUF) and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree. It was at the university that she became involved with her first art show. Pearl is currently employed at CSUF and finds inspiration in the fresh talent and work that is displayed in the Conley Art Gallery on campus. In March 2005, Pearl was voted into the Fig Tree Gallery Co-op in Fresno, most likely one of the oldest cooperative contemporary galleries in California. After just a few months, Pearl was nominated and voted president of the gallery board of directors.

Pearl has gathered inspiration from many, both home and abroad, but now she plays a somewhat different role giving inspiration to others. Her work transcends the boundaries of "formal" contemporary art and reflects a spirit that is intertwined with nature.