This painting of what might be an explosive epiphany is typical of Norman Steigelmeyer’s best work, which was influenced in equal parts by fervent meditation, Joan Miró, and Clyfford Still. Stiegelmeyer was part of a loose circle of artists who, he wrote, “can be described as ‘Visionary’—defined here as ‘inspired revelation.’ The term, Visionary, could also be defined as a ‘Meta-Reality’—going above and beyond, or a higher reality than that which we ordinarily perceive with a dualistic, self-oriented consciousness.”
